Christopher Marlowe Quote
Come live with me, and be my love,And we will all the pleasures proveThat valleys, groves, hills and fields,Woods, or steepy mountain yields.And we will sit upon the rocks,Seeing the shepherds feed their flocksBy shallow rivers, to whose fallsMelodious birds sing madrigals.And I will make thee beds of roses,And a thousand fragrant posies,A cap of flowers, and a kirtle,Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle.A gown made of the finest woolWhich from our pretty lambs we pull,Fair lined slippers for the cold,With buckles of the purest gold.A belt of straw and ivy-buds,With coral clasps and amber studs,And if these pleasures may thee move,Come live with me, and be my love.The shepherd swains shall dance and singFor thy delight each May morning.If these delights thy mind may move,Then live with me, and be my love. ---The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
Come live with me, and be my love,And we will all the pleasures proveThat valleys, groves, hills and fields,Woods, or steepy mountain yields.And we will sit upon the rocks,Seeing the shepherds feed their flocksBy shallow rivers, to whose fallsMelodious birds sing madrigals.And I will make thee beds of roses,And a thousand fragrant posies,A cap of flowers, and a kirtle,Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle.A gown made of the finest woolWhich from our pretty lambs we pull,Fair lined slippers for the cold,With buckles of the purest gold.A belt of straw and ivy-buds,With coral clasps and amber studs,And if these pleasures may thee move,Come live with me, and be my love.The shepherd swains shall dance and singFor thy delight each May morning.If these delights thy mind may move,Then live with me, and be my love. ---The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
Related Quotes
About Christopher Marlowe
Events in Marlowe's life were sometimes as extreme as those found in his plays. Differing sensational reports of Marlowe's death in 1593 abounded after the event and are contested by scholars today owing to a lack of good documentation. There have been many conjectures as to the nature and reason for his death, including a vicious bar-room fight, blasphemous libel against the church, homosexual intrigue, betrayal by another playwright, and espionage from the highest level: the Privy Council of Elizabeth I. An official coroner's account of Marlowe's death was discovered only in 1925, and it did little to persuade all scholars that it told the whole story, nor did it eliminate the uncertainties present in his biography.