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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.
And wild-scatter'd cowslips bedeck the green dale.
And wild-scatter'd cowslips bedeck the green dale.
The nesh yonge coweslip bendethe wyth the dewe.
The nesh yonge coweslip bendethe wyth the dewe.
The first wan cowslip, wet
With tears of the first morn.
The first wan cowslip, wet
With tears of the first morn.
And ye talk together still,
In the language wherewith Spring
Letters cowslips on the hill.
And ye talk together still,
In the language wherewith Spring
Letters cowslips on the hill.
The cowslip is a country wench.
The cowslip is a country wench.
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.
And by the meadow-trenches blow the faint sweet cuckoo-flowers.
And by the meadow-trenches blow the faint sweet cuckoo-flowers.
Smiled like yon knot of cowslips on a cliff.
Smiled like yon knot of cowslips on a cliff.
