In Other Words/To Julia, on June 21

To Julia, on June 21

[In the Elizabethan manner.]

Thou askest of me why to-day,
My Julia, I do love thee moe;
And thou art fain to have mee saie
Wherefore I am affected soe.

An thou wouldst wit the reasoun of
Thyself to-day beeing more dere
Than othertime, it is, my love,
The longest day of all the yere.