In John Donne's "The Bait," they are followed by the promise of "some new pleasures," like "golden sands and crystal brooks."
These eight words begin an untitled poem by Cecil Day-Lewis, in which he promises his lover all the "peace and plenty, bed and board / that chance employment may afford." In John Donne's "The Bait," they are followed by the promise of "some new pleasures," like "golden sands and crystal brooks." Although obeying this exhortation will net a certain nymph "a belt of straw and ivie buds," the nymph remains unmoved in a poem by Sir Walter Raleigh. FTP give these poetic words first spoken by Marlowe's passionate shepherd.
These eight words begin an untitled poem by Cecil Day-Lewis, in which he promises his lover all the "peace and plenty, bed and board / that chance employment may afford."
{Come live with me and be my love}