| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907. | | | | The Wanton Shepherdess | | By John Fletcher (1579–1625) |
| | | COME, shepherds, come! | |
| Come away | |
| Without delay, | |
| Whilst the gentle time doth stay. | |
| Green woods are dumb, | 5 |
| And will never tell to any | |
| Those dear kisses, and those many | |
| Sweet embraces, that are given; | |
| Dainty pleasures, that would even | |
| Raise in coldest age a fire, | 10 |
| And give virgin-blood desire. | |
| Then, if ever, | |
| Now or never, | |
| Come and have it: | |
| Think not I | 15 |
| Dare deny, | |
| If you crave it. | | | | |
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