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From the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick
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36
A BUCOLIC BETWIXT TWO;
LACON AND THYRSIS
LACON. For a kiss or two, confess,
What doth cause this pensiveness,
Thou most lovely neat-herdess?
Why so lonely on the hill?
Why thy pipe by thee so still,
That erewhile was heard so shrill?
Tell me, do thy kine now fail
To fulfil the milking-pail?
Say, what is’t that thou dost ail?
THYR. None of these; but out, alas!
A mischance is come to pass,
And I’ll tell thee what it was:
See, mine eyes are weeping ripe.
LACON. Tell, and I’ll lay down my pipe.
THYR. I have lost my lovely steer,
That to me was far more dear
Than these kine which I milk here;
Broad of forehead, large of eye,
Party-colour’d like a pye,
Smooth in each limb as a die;
Clear of hoof, and clear of horn,
Sharply pointed as a thorn;
With a neck by yoke unworn,
From the which hung down by strings,
Balls of cowslips, daisy rings,
Interplaced with ribbonings;
Faultless every way for shape;
Not a straw could him escape,
Ever gamesome as an ape,
But yet harmless as a sheep.
Pardon, Lacon, if I weep;
Tears will spring where woes are deep.
Now, ai me! ai me! Last night
Came a mad dog, and did bite,
Ay, and kill’d my dear delight.
LACON Alack, for grief!
THYR. But I’ll be brief.
Hence I must, for time doth call
Me, and my sad playmates all,
To his evening funeral.
Live long, Lacon; so adieu!
LACON Mournful maid, farewell to you;
Earth afford ye flowers to strew!
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Chicago:
Robert Herrick, "36 a Bucolic Betwixt Two; Lacon and Thyrsis," From the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick, ed. Palgrave, Francis Turner, 1824-1897 and trans. Seaton, R. C. in From the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick (New York: George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892), Original Sources, accessed July 11, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4UXABX5K2GBXDAZ.
MLA:
Herrick, Robert. "36 a Bucolic Betwixt Two; Lacon and Thyrsis." From the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick, edited by Palgrave, Francis Turner, 1824-1897, and translated by Seaton, R. C., in From the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick, New York, George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Original Sources. 11 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4UXABX5K2GBXDAZ.
Harvard:
Herrick, R, '36 a Bucolic Betwixt Two; Lacon and Thyrsis' in From the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick, ed. and trans. . cited in ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, From the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 11 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4UXABX5K2GBXDAZ.
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