Englands Helicon Casta placent superis, pura cum veste venite, et manibus puris sumite fontis aquam.

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Title: Englands Helicon Casta placent superis, pura cum veste venite, et manibus puris sumite fontis aquam.
Publication: At London :: Printed by I. R[oberts] for Iohn Flasket, and are to be sold in Paules Church-yard, at the signe of the Beare,; 1600.
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Subject terms: English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Early works to 1800.; Pastoral poetry, English -- Early works to 1800.
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¶ The Sheepheards Sonnet.MY fairest Ganimede disdaine me not,Though sillie Sheepheard I, presume to loue thee,Though my harsh Songs and Sonnets cannot mooue thee:Yet to thy beauty is my loue no blot:Apollo, Ioue, and many Gods besideS'dain'd not the name of Country Sheepheards Swaines,Nor want we pleasures, though we take some paines.We liue contentedly: A thing call'd prideWhich so corrupts the Court and euery place,(Each place I meane where learning is neglected,And yet of late, euen learnings selfe's infected,)I know not what it meanes in any case.We onely (when Molorchus gins to peepe,Learne for to fold, and to vnfold our Sheepe.Rich. Barnefielde.
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