The Faithful Shepherdess - The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10). by John Fletcher;Francis Beaumont
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Is at once to heal and draw.
The blood returns. I never saw A fairer Mortal. Now doth break Her deadly slumber: Virgin, speak. _Amo._ Who hath restor'd my sense, given me new breath, And brought me back out of the arms of death? _God._ I have heal'd thy wounds. _Amo._ Ay me! _God._ Fear not him that succour'd thee: I am this Fountains god; below, My waters to a River grow, And 'twixt two banks with Osiers set, That only prosper in the wet, Through the Meadows do they glide, Wheeling still on every side, Sometimes winding round about, To find the evenest channel out. And if thou wilt go with me, Leaving mortal companie, In the cool streams shalt thou lye, Free from harm as well as I: I will give thee for thy food, No Fish that useth in the mud, But Trout and Pike that love to swim Where the gravel from the brim Through the pure streams may be seen: |
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