Thomas Cooper (Томас Купер)

The Old Man's Song

O CHOOSE thou the maid with the gentle blue eye,
That speaketh so softly, and looketh so shy;
Who weepeth for pity,
To hear a love ditty,
And marketh the end with a sigh.

If thou weddest a maid with a bold, staring look,
Who babbleth as loud as the rain-swollen brook,
Each day for the morrow
Will nurture more sorrow,—
Each sun paint thy shadow a-crook.

The maid that is gentle will make a kind wife;
The magpie that prateth will stir thee to strife:
'Twere better to tarry,
Unless thou canst marry
To sweeten the bitters of life! 

1. Второй сонет на смерть Аллена Давенпорта • The Sonnet on the Death of Allen Davenport. № 2
2. To——
3. The Woodman's Song
4. The Swineherd of Stow
5. The Gosherd of Croyland

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