Christopher Marlowe's The Passionate Shepherd To His Love

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When will the end come? The question that is proposed to Christopher Marlowe after he writes "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love". He writes this poem to a lady, and intends for her to fall in love with him. Unfortunately the outcome may take a turn for the worst. Sir Walter Raleigh writes "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" as a reply from the lady to Marlowe.

Marlowe writes about the date and love that he has prepared for the lady of his dreams. A night filled with romance and love. He has promised a night of listening to the birds sing on rocks above the river, and he will follow up with a rose petal bed and gown of the finest wool. He will bless her with slippers and buckles of gold.

Raleigh writes a response poem to

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