Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse

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72. The Wakening
John Attye’s First Book of Airs

ON a time the amorous Silvy
Said to her shepherd, ’Sweet, how do ye?
Kiss me this once and then God be with ye,
My sweetest dear!
Kiss me this once and then God be with ye,
For now the morning draweth near.’

With that, her fairest bosom showing,
Op’ning her lips, rich perfumes blowing,
She said, ’Now kiss me and be going,
My sweetest dear!
Kiss me this once and then be going,
For now the morning draweth near.’

With that the shepherd waked from sleeping,
And spying where the day was peeping,
He said, ’Now take my soul in keeping,
My sweetest dear!
Kiss me and take my soul in keeping,
Since I must go, now day is near.’

Nicholas Breton. 1542-1626

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Chicago: Unknown, "72. The Wakening John Attye’s First Book of Airs," Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse, ed. Sutherland, Alexander, 1853-1902 and trans. Seaton, R. C. in Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse (New York: George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892), Original Sources, accessed April 19, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H52PP9WPLSSHNWI.

MLA: Unknown. "72. The Wakening John Attye’s First Book of Airs." Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse, edited by Sutherland, Alexander, 1853-1902, and translated by Seaton, R. C., in Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse, New York, George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Original Sources. 19 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H52PP9WPLSSHNWI.

Harvard: Unknown, '72. The Wakening John Attye’s First Book of Airs' in Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse, ed. and trans. . cited in ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 19 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H52PP9WPLSSHNWI.