And see ye, how her wanton boy

Comes with them to share our joy?

Yet, if Love be arm'd, they say,

Love can scarce keep holiday:

Love without his bow is straying!

Come, ye nymphs, Love goes a Maying.

His torch, his shafts, are laid aside—

From them no harm shall you betide.

Yet, I rede ye, nymphs, beware,

For your foe is passing fair;