i^OEMS OLD AND NEW

The shepherd swains shall dance and sing
For thy delight each May-morning :
If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me and be my Love.

CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

WINTER

WHEN icicles hang by the wall,

And Dick the shepherd blow's his nail,

And Tom bears logs into the hall.
And milk comes frozen home in pail.

When blood is nipp'd and ways be foul,

Then nightly sings the staring owl, 1

To-whit !

To-who !—a merry note,

While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.

When all aloud the wind doth blow,
And coughing drowns the parson's saw,

And birds sit brooding in the snow,
And Marian's nose looks red and raw,

When roasted crabs hiss in the bpwl,

Then nightly sings the staring owl,

To-whit ! 2

To-who !—a merry note,

While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

FIDELE
FEAR no more the heat o* the sun,
Nor the furious winter's rages ;
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages
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