Wishing the Art that makes this Poem shine,
And this thy Work (wert not thou wronged) mine._

GEORGE WITHER: _To the Author_
[_of Britannia's Pastorals_].

Contents

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PREFATORY NOTE 5

NICHOLAS BRETON

A Sweet Pastoral 7
Aglaia: a Pastoral 8
Phyllida and Corydon 10
Astrophel's Song of Phyllida and Corydon 11
A Pastoral of Phyllis and Corydon 13
Corydon's Supplication to Phyllis 14
A Report Song in a Dream, between a shepherd and his nymph 15
Another of the Same 16
A Shepherd's Dream 16
A Quarrel with Love 17
A Sweet Contention between Love, his Mistress, and Beauty 18
Love: "Foolish love is only folly" 20
"Those eyes that hold the hand of every heart" 20
Sonnet: "The worldly prince doth in his sceptre hold" 21
A Sweet Lullaby 22

GEORGE WITHER

Prelude. From _The Shepherd's Hunting_ 24
A Poet's Home. From _Faire Virtue_ 27
Her Beauty. From _Faire Virtue_ 29
Rhomboidal Dirge. From _Faire Virtue_ 30
Song: "Lordly gallants!" From _Faire Virtue_ 32
Song: "Shall I, wasting in despair." From _Faire Virtue_ 36
"Amarillis I did woo." From _Faire Virtue_ 37
Sonnet: On a Stolen Kiss 37
A Christmas Carol 38
A Rocking Hymn 40
The Marigold 43
Sonnet: On the Death of Prince Henry 43
From a Satire written to King James I. 44

WILLIAM BROWNE

From "Britannia's Pastorals":--
To England