Phyllida: Corydon, arise, my Corydon!
Titan shineth clear.
Corydon: Who is it that calleth Corydon?
Who is it that I hear?
Phyllida: Phyllida, thy true love, calleth thee,
Arise then, arise then,
Arise and keep thy flock with me!
Corydon: Phyllida, my true love, is it she?
I come then, I come then,
I come and keep my flock with thee.
Phyllida: Here are cherries ripe for my Corydon;
Eat them for my sake.
Corydon: Here's my oaten pipe, my lovely one,
Sport for thee to make.
Phyllida: Here are threads, my true love, fine as silk,
To knit thee, to knit thee,
A pair of stockings white as milk.
Corydon: Here are reeds, my true love, fine and neat,
To make thee, to make thee,
A bonnet to withstand the heat.
Phyllida: I will gather flowers, my Corydon,
To set in thy cap.
Corydon: I will gather pears, my lovely one,
To put in thy lap.
Phyllida: I will buy my true love garters gay,
For Sundays, for Sundays,
To wear about his legs so tall.
Corydon: I will buy my true love yellow say,
For Sundays, for Sundays,
To wear about her middle small.
Phyllida: When my Corydon sits on a hill
Making melody—
Corydon: When my lovely one goes to her wheel,
Singing cheerily—
Phyllida: Sure methinks my true love doth excel
For sweetness, for sweetness,
Our Pan, that old Arcadian knight.
Corydon: And methinks my true love bears the bell
For clearness, for clearness,
Beyond the nymphs that be so bright.
Phyllida: Had my Corydon, my Corydon,
Been, alack! her swain—
Corydon: Had my lovely one, my lovely one,
Been in Ida plain—
Phyllida: Cynthia Endymion had refused,
Preferring, preferring,
My Corydon to play withal.
Corydon: The Queen of Love had been excused
Bequeathing, bequeathing,
My Phyllida the golden ball.
Phyllida: Yonder comes my mother, Corydon!
Whither shall I fly?
Corydon: Under yonder beech, my lovely one,
While she passeth by.
Phyllida: Say to her thy true love was not here;
Remember, remember,
To-morrow is another day.
Corydon: Doubt me not, my true love, do not fear;
Farewell then, farewell then!
Heaven keep our loves alway!
— Anonymous
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