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My dainty Dame, my heart's delight, / Star of my watch, serene and bright; / Come to the green wood, mild is May, / Cosy the arbours, come away!
In me thy spouse and servant see, / To silvan hall I'll usher thee; / Thy bed shall be the leaves heaped high, / Thy organ's note the cuckoo's cry. / Thy covert warm the kindly wood, / No fairer form therein e'er stood. / Thy dress, my beauteous gem, shall be / Soft foliage stript from forest tree; / The foliage best the forest bore, / Served as a garb for Eve of yore. / Thou, too, throughout the summer day / Shalt rove around in Eve's array. / My Eve thou art, my ever dear, / Thy Adam I'll attend and cheer.