I would I were Actaeon, whom Diana did disguise, To walk the woods unknown whereas my lady lies; A hart of pleasant hue I wish that I were so, So that my lady knew alone me and no mo; To follow thick and plain, by hill and dale alow, To drink the water fain, and feed me with the sloe. I would not fear the frost, to lie upon the ground, Delight should quite the cost, what pain so that I found. The shaling nuts and mast that falleth from the tree Should serve for my repast, might I my lady see; Sometime that I might say when I saw her alone, "Behold thy slave, all day that walks these woods unknown!' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LAMENT FOR [THE DEATH OF] THOMAS DAVIS by SAMUEL FERGUSON ON THE DEATH OF A FAIR INFANT DYING OF A COUGH by JOHN MILTON TIME'S REVENGE by AGATHIAS SCHOLASTICUS EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 13. CUPID IS A WARRIOR by PHILIP AYRES COMPENSATIONS by CHRISTOPHER BANNISTER THE GYPSIES [OR, GIPSIES] by HENRY HOWARTH BASHFORD |