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SIR MARTIN MARR-ALL: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN

Poet Analysis

First Line: MAKE READY FAIR LADY TO NIGHT
Last Line: AND LEAVE MY OLD DADDY ASLEEP.
Subject(s): LOVE; NIGHT; SINGING & SINGERS; STARS; BEDTIME; SONGS;
@3He.@1 Make ready fair Lady to night,
And stand at the Door below,
For I will be there
To receive you with Care,
And to your true Love you shall go.

@3She.@1 And when the Stars twinckle so bright,
Then down to the Door will I creep,
To my Love will I flye,
E'er the jealous can spye,
And leave my old daddy asleep.



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