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The nesh yonge coweslip bendethe wyth the dewe.
The nesh yonge coweslip bendethe wyth the dewe.
The cowslip is a country wench.
The cowslip is a country wench.
And by the meadow-trenches blow the faint sweet cuckoo-flowers.
And by the meadow-trenches blow the faint sweet cuckoo-flowers.
Through tall cowslips nodding near you,
Just to touch you as you pass.
Through tall cowslips nodding near you,
Just to touch you as you pass.
The cowslips tall her pensioners be.
In their gold coats spots you see:
Those be rubies, fairy read more
The cowslips tall her pensioners be.
In their gold coats spots you see:
Those be rubies, fairy favors;
In those freckles live their savors.
Thus I set my printless feet
O'er the cowslip's velvet head,
That bends not as I tread.
Thus I set my printless feet
O'er the cowslip's velvet head,
That bends not as I tread.
Smiled like yon knot of cowslips on a cliff.
Smiled like yon knot of cowslips on a cliff.
The first wan cowslip, wet
With tears of the first morn.
The first wan cowslip, wet
With tears of the first morn.
The even mead, that erst brought sweetly forth
The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover,
Wanting the read more
The even mead, that erst brought sweetly forth
The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover,
Wanting the scythe, all uncorrected, rank,
Conceives by idleness, and nothing teems
But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burrs,
Losing both beauty and utility.
