THE FAITHFUL SHEPHERDESS

BY FLETCHER

[Clorin, a shepherdess, watching by the grave of her lover, is found by a Satyr.]

CLORIN--Hail, holy earth, whose cold arms do embrace

The truest man that ever fed his flocks

By the fat plains of fruitful Thessaly.

Thus I salute thy grave, thus do I pay

My early vows, and tribute of mine eyes,

To thy still loved ashes: thus I free