Elizabethan Poetry · English Literature

Which poem by Christopher Marlowe contains the famous line: 'Come live with me and be my love'?

  1. Hero and Leander
  2. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
  3. The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd
  4. The Shepherd's Calendar by Edmund Spenser
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Correct answer: The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

This lyric is the quintessential Elizabethan pastoral poem. It offers an idealized vision of nature where the shepherd promises his love various rustic luxuries that are more courtly than realistic.

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