Behold, My Love, How Green The Groves
behold, my love, how green the groves tune—“my lodging is on the cold ground.” behold, my love, how green the groves, the primrose banks how fair; the balmy gales awake the flowers, and wave thy flowing hair. the lav'rock shuns the palace gay, and o'er the cottage sings: for nature smiles as sweet, i ween, to shepherds as to kings. let minstrels sweep the skilfu' string, in lordly lighted ha': the shepherd stops his simple reed, blythe in the birken shaw. the princely revel may survey our rustice wi' s; but are their hearts as light as ours, beh the milk-white thorn! the shepherd, in the fllen; in shepherd's phrase, will woo: the courtier tells a fiale, but is his heart as true! these wild-wood flowers i've pu'd, to deck that spotless breast o' thine: the courtiers' gems may witness love, but, 'tis na love like mine.