<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419807" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Calm was the even, and clear was the sky</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Calm was the even, and clear was the sky,<br> And the new budding flowers did spring,<br> When all alone went Amyntas and I<br> To hear the sweet nightingale sing;<br> I sate, and he laid him down by me;<br> But scarcely his breath he could draw;<br> For when with a fear, he began to draw near,<br> He was dash'd with A ha ha ha ha!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> He blush'd to himself, and lay still for a while,<br> And his modesty curb'd his desire;<br> But straight I convinc'd all his fear with a smile,<br> Which added new flames to his fire.<br> O Silvia, said he, you are cruel,<br> To keep your poor lover in awe;<br> Then once more he press'd with his hand to my breast,<br> But was dash'd with A ha ha ha ha!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> I knew 'twas his passion that caus'd all his fear;<br> And therefore I pitied his case:<br> I whisper'd him softly, there's nobody near,<br> And laid my cheek close to his face:<br> But as he grew bolder and bolder,<br> A shepherd came by us and saw;<br> And just as our bliss we began with a kiss,<br> He laugh'd out with A ha ha ha ha!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Dryden">John Dryden</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=419807" data-title="Calm was the even, and clear was the sky de John Dryden" data-description="Calm was the even, and clear was the sky, And the new budding flowers did spring, When all alone went Amyntas and I To hear the sweet nightingale sing; I sate, and he laid him down by me; But scarcely his breath he could draw; For when with ..."></div> </div> </div>

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