To one her garter, to another then

A handkerchief cast o'er and o'er again;

And none returneth empty that hath spent

His pains to fill their rural merriment.

From Britannia's Pastorals.

Birds in May

As (woo'd by May's delights) I have been borne

To take the kind air of a wistful morn

Near Tavy's voiceful stream (to whom I owe

More strains than from my pipe can ever flow),