My lute, be as thou wert when thou didst grow With thy gree… - William Drummond of Hawthornden

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My lute, be as thou wert when thou didst grow
With thy green mother in some shady grove,
When immelodious winds but made thee move,
And birds their ramage did on thee bestow.

William Drummond of Hawthornden

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About William Drummond of Hawthornden

William Drummond of Hawthornden (13 December 1585 – 4 December 1649) was a Scottish poet.

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What doth it serve to see sun's burning face, And skies enamelled with both the Indies' gold? Or moon at night in jetty chariot roll'd, And all the glory of that starry place?

Here is the pleasant place,
And nothing wanted is, save She, alas!

Doth then the world go thus, doth all thus move?
Is this the justice which on Earth we find?
Is this that firm decree which all doth bind?
Are these your influences, Powers above?

My lute, be as thou wert when thou didst grow With thy green mother in some shady grove, When immelodious winds but made thee move, And birds their r… - William Drummond of Hawthornden

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