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Prefatory Note 5
Nicholas Breton
A Sweet Pastoral 7
Aglaia: a Pastoral 8
Phyllida and Corydon 10
Astrophel's Song of Phyllida and Corydon 11
A Pastoral of Phyllis and Corydon 13
Corydon's Supplication to Phyllis 14
A Report Song in a Dream, between a shepherd and his nymph 15
Another of the Same 16
A Shepherd's Dream 16
A Quarrel with Love 17
A Sweet Contention between Love, his Mistress, and Beauty 18
Love: "Foolish love is only folly" 20
"Those eyes that hold the hand of every heart" 20
Sonnet: "The worldly prince doth in his sceptre hold" 21
A Sweet Lullaby 22
George Wither
Prelude. From The Shepherd's Hunting 24
A Poet's Home. From Faire Virtue 27
Her Beauty. From Faire Virtue 29
Rhomboidal Dirge. From Faire Virtue 30
Song: "Lordly gallants!" From Faire Virtue 32
Song: "Shall I, wasting in despair." From Faire Virtue 36
"Amarillis I did woo." From Faire Virtue 37
Sonnet: On a Stolen Kiss 37
A Christmas Carol 38

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