Maxioms by Michael Drayton
Of doues I haue a dainty paire
Which, when you please to take the aier,
About your read more
Of doues I haue a dainty paire
Which, when you please to take the aier,
About your head shall gently houer,
Your cleere browe from the sunne to couer,
And with their nimble wings shall fan you
That neither cold nor heate shall tan you,
And like umbrellas, with their feathers
Sheeld you in all sorts of weathers.
In this spacious isle I think there is not one
But he hath heard some talk of Hood and read more
In this spacious isle I think there is not one
But he hath heard some talk of Hood and Little John,
Of Tuck, the merry friar, which many a sermon made
In praise of Robin Hood, his outlaws, and their trade.
Since there's no help, come let us kiss and part.
Since there's no help, come let us kiss and part.
By them there sat the loving pelican,
Whose young ones, poison'd by the serpent's sting,
With her read more
By them there sat the loving pelican,
Whose young ones, poison'd by the serpent's sting,
With her own blood to life again doth bring.
