| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Robert Wever. c. 1550 |
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| 45. In Youth is Pleasure |
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| IN a harbour grene aslepe whereas I lay, | |
| The byrdes sang swete in the middes of the day, | |
| I dreamèd fast of mirth and play: | |
| In youth is pleasure, in youth is pleasure. | |
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| Methought I walked still to and fro, | 5 |
| And from her company I could not go— | |
| But when I waked it was not so: | |
| In youth is pleasure, in youth is pleasure. | |
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| Therefore my hart is surely pyght | |
| Of her alone to have a sight | 10 |
| Which is my joy and hartes delight: | |
| In youth is pleasure, in youth is pleasure. | |
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