Poem/Song Response

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love


COME live with me and be my Love,

And we will all the pleasures prove

That hills and valleys, dale and field,

And all the craggy mountains yield.


There will we sit upon the rocks

And see the shepherds feed their flocks,

By shallow rivers, to whose falls

Melodious birds sing madrigals.


There will I make thee beds of roses

And a thousand fragrant posies,

A cap of flowers, and a kirtle

Embroider'd all with leaves of myrtle.


A gown made of the finest wool

Which from our pretty lambs we pull,

Fair linèd slippers for the cold,

With buckles of the purest gold.


A belt of straw and ivy buds

With coral clasps and amber studs:

And if these pleasures may thee move,

Come live with me and be my Love.


Thy silver dishes for thy meat

As precious as the gods do eat,

Shall on an ivory table be

Prepared each day for thee and me.


The shepherd swains shall dance and sing

For thy delight each May-morning:

If these delights thy mind may move,

Then live with me and be my Love.


Christopher Marlowe




Throughout the poem it mentions the rocks and love which that is what the song I chose is about. Both of which can relate to each other because of the words. They both use nature to escape in both the song and poem. The only way they could be together is to escape into a different state of mind. The title of the song is If it's the Beaches by The Avett Brothers. Why I chose this song is because it reminded of the same type of situation the poem was in.