<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414441" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Prithe sweet maid say yea for M lady ernestine</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Prithee sweet maid; say yes</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I bespeak thee with courtesy<br>Although as yet thou knowest not.<br>My background and my family.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thy beauty hath ensorcelled me.<br>Sometimes strict rules must be forgot<br>I mean thee no discourtesy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thou art the maid I have long sought.<br>I pray thou wilt consider me.<br>Well suited to be thy consort.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If thou lookest on me kindly<br> I will seek out thy sire and plead<br>his permission to pay thee court.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am of noble blood like thee<br>and not unhandsome I believe.<br>A bachelor completely free.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">This future I can offer thee.<br>Mistress of thine own estate.<br>Now with bated breath I wait.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Expectantly for thy reply<br>Should it be yea I will rejoice<br>Should it be nay I can’t deny.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I have no choice but to accept<br>Thou dost not look on me kindly<br>I’m not entitled to expect.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">That thou art free to answer me<br>Here and now immediately<br>T’would be most ungentlemanly</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To press my suit so forcibly.<br>Consult thee with thy closest kin<br> to see if they look favourably</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> on me and on my ancestry.<br>I will withdraw and leave you to<br> forgive my lack of courtesy..</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> The beauty so ensorcelled me <br>I hardly know that which I do.<br>I hope that thou forgivest me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I sinned against thy modesty.<br> But offer in mine own defence.<br>Enraptured by thy purity.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My heart overruled my head<br> And bid me I must speak with thee.<br>lest some other gain thee instead..</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I did not mean to cause offence<br>Although I know I broke the rules<br>I bow my head in penitence.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thou hast the right to bid me go<br> and nevermore to trouble thee.<br>By thy shy smile I think I know.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thou dost not find me to be rude<br>and will forgive my frowardness.<br>For which I owe thee gratitude.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I must go now, wait patiently.<br>Thou wilt be guided by thy kin<br> Until thou chooseth to answer me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">30/06/2009<br>Http: // blog.myspace.com.poeticpiers</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414441" data-title="Prithe sweet maid say yea for M lady ernestine de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="Prithee sweet maid; say yes I bespeak thee with courtesy Although as yet thou knowest not. My background and my family. Thy beauty hath ensorcelled me. Sometimes strict rules must be forgot I mean thee no discourtesy. Thou art the maid I have l..."></div> </div> </div>

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