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460 THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER<br />

November.<br />

AEgloga vndecima.<br />

ARGVMENT<br />

But nowe sadde Winter welked hath the day,<br />

'N this xi AEglogue he bewayleth the death<br />

And Phoebus weary <strong>of</strong> his yercly taske,<br />

Ystabkd hath his steedes in lowlye laye,<br />

<strong>of</strong> some mayden <strong>of</strong> greaie bloud, ivhom he<br />

And taken vp his ynne in Fishes haske<br />

calleth Dido <strong>The</strong> personage is secrete, and to<br />

Thilke sollein season sadder plight doth aske<br />

me allogether vnknowne, albe <strong>of</strong> him selfe I <strong>of</strong>ten<br />

And loatheth sike delightes, as thou doest<br />

required the same This AEglogue is made in<br />

prayse<br />

imitation <strong>of</strong>Marot his song, which he made vpon<br />

<strong>The</strong>mornefull Muse in myrth now list ne maske,<br />

the death <strong>of</strong> Loys thefrenche Queene But far re As shee was wont in youngth and sommu<br />

passing his reache, and in myne opinion all otlier dayes 20<br />

the Eglogues <strong>of</strong> this booke<br />

But if thou algate lust light virelayes,<br />

C<br />

THENOT COLIN And looser songs <strong>of</strong> loue to vnderfong<br />

Ohn my dcare, when shall it pleast thee Who but thy selfe deserues sike Poetes prayse<br />

sing,<br />

Reheue thy Oaten pypes, that sleepen long<br />

As thou were wont songs <strong>of</strong> some louisaunce ?<br />

THENOT<br />

Thy Muse to long slombreth in sorrowing,<br />

<strong>The</strong> Nightingale is souereigne <strong>of</strong> song,<br />

Lulled a sleepe through loues misgouemaunce<br />

Before him sits the Titmose silent bee<br />

Vow somewhat sing, whose endles souenaunce,<br />

And I vnfitte to thrust in skilfull thronge,<br />

Emong the shepeheards swames may aye re<br />

Should Colin make rudge <strong>of</strong> my foolerce<br />

maine,<br />

Nay, better karne <strong>of</strong> hem, that learned bee,<br />

Whether thee list thy loued lasse aduaunce,<br />

And han be watered at the Muses well 30<br />

Or honor Pan with hymnes <strong>of</strong> higher vaine<br />

<strong>The</strong> kindlye dewe drops from the higher tree,<br />

COLIN<br />

And wets the little plants that lowly dwell<br />

<strong>The</strong>not, now nis the time <strong>of</strong> menmake But if sadde winters wrathe and season chill,<br />

Nor Pan to herye, nor with loue to playe 10 Accorde not with thy Muses menment<br />

Sike myrth in May is meetest for to make, To sadder times thou mayst attune thy quill,<br />

Or summer shade vnder the cocked haye And sing <strong>of</strong> sorrowe and deathes dreeriment

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