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ernest walker - corinna's going a-maying lyrics

get up, get up for shame, the blooming morn
upon her wings presents the god unsh+rn
see how aurora throws her fair
fresh+quilted colours through the air;
get up, sweet slugabed, and see
the dew bespangling herb and tree
each flower has wept, and bowed towards the east
above an hour since, yet you not dressed
nay! not so much as out of bed;
when all the birds have matins said
and sung their thankful hymns: ’tis sin
nay, profanation to keep in
when as a thousand virgins on this day
spring, sooner than the lark, to fetch in may
rise, and put on your foliage, and be seen
to come forth like thе springtime, + fresh and green
and sweet as flora. take no carе
for jewels for your gown or hair:
fear not, the leaves will strew
gems in abundance upon you:
besides, the childhood of the day has kept
against you come, some orient pearls unwept
come, and receive them while the light
hangs on the dewlocks of the night
and titan on the eastern hill
retires himself, or else stands still
till you come forth… wash, dress, be brief in praying:
few beads are best, when once we go a+maying
come, let us go, while we are in our prime
and take the harmless folly of the time
we shall grow old apace and die
before we know our liberty
our life is short, and our days run
as fast away as does the sun:
and as a vapour, or a drop of rain
once lost, can ne’er be found again:
so when or you or i are made
a fable, song, or fleeting shade
all love, all liking, all delight
lies drowned with us in endless night
then while time serves, and we are but decaying
come, my corinna, come, let’s go a+maying

- ernest walker lyrics

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