



Produced by Al Haines










[Illustration: Front cover]





A Little Book of

Old Time Verse


Old-fashioned Flowers

Gathered by


Gladys Sidney Crouch




Published by

P. F. Volland Company

NEW YORK CHICAGO TORONTO




Copyright, 1917

P. F. Volland Company

Chicago




_To My Father_

That the verses in this little book will bring back sweet memories of
the long ago to every reader, as they do to me, is the earnest wish of
the humble gatherer of these old-fashioned flowers.  _G. S. C._




CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX OF AUTHORS


_Sir Edward Dyer_.  (Born 1550--Died 1607.)
    To Phyllis, the Fair Shepherdess

_Sir Philip Sidney_.  (Born 1554--Died 1586.)
    A Ditty

_John Lyly_.  (Born 1554--Died 1606.)
    Appelles' Song

_Thomas Lodge_.  (Born 1556--Died 1625.)
    Love's Wantonness

_Thomas Campion_.  (Born (unknown)--Died 1619.)
    Thrice toss these oaken ashes in the air
    Come, O come, my life's delight

_Robert Green_.  (Born 1560--Died 1592.)
    Content

_Christopher Marlowe_.  (Born 1562--Died 1593.)
    The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

_William Shakespeare_.  (Born 1564--Died 1616.)
    O Mistress Mine, Where are you Roaming

_Ben Jonson_.  (Born 1573--Died 1637.)
    To Celia

_John Donne_.  (Born 1573--Died 1631.)
    Song

_Franc