Ph. Fletcher's Eclog., i. p. 4. ed. 1633.
On l. 494. (G.) The same sort of compliment occurs in Wither's Sheperd's Hunting. (See Gentleman's Mag. for December 1800, p. 1151.)
"Thou wert wont to charm thy flocks;
And among the massy rocks
Hast so cheered me with thy song,
That I have forgot my wrong."
He adds:—
"Hath some churle done thee a spight?
Dost thou miss a lamb to-night?"
Juvenilia, p. 417. ed. 12mo. 1633.