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The cowslip is a country wench.
The cowslip is a country wench.
The nesh yonge coweslip bendethe wyth the dewe.
The nesh yonge coweslip bendethe wyth the dewe.
Yet soon fair Spring shall give another scene.
And yellow cowslips gild the level green.
Yet soon fair Spring shall give another scene.
And yellow cowslips gild the level green.
Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear.
Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear.
And wild-scatter'd cowslips bedeck the green dale.
And wild-scatter'd cowslips bedeck the green dale.
Through tall cowslips nodding near you,
Just to touch you as you pass.
Through tall cowslips nodding near you,
Just to touch you as you pass.
Smiled like yon knot of cowslips on a cliff.
Smiled like yon knot of cowslips on a cliff.
And by the meadow-trenches blow the faint sweet cuckoo-flowers.
And by the meadow-trenches blow the faint sweet cuckoo-flowers.
Thus I set my printless feet
O'er the cowslip's velvet head,
That bends not as I tread.
Thus I set my printless feet
O'er the cowslip's velvet head,
That bends not as I tread.
