Phillis 1

by Thomas Lodge

My Phillis hath the morning sun   At first to look upon her; And Phillis hath morn-waking birds   Her risings still to honour. My Phillis hath prime-feather'd flowers,   That smile when she treads on them; And Phillis hath a gallant flock,   That leaps since she doth own them. But Phillis hath too hard a heart,   Alas that she should have it! It yields no mercy to desert,   Nor grace to those that crave it.

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