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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Rihard Barnfield d 1570 John Bartlett

 
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    As it fell upon a day
In the merry month of May,
Sitting in a pleasant shade
Which a grove of myrtles made.
          Address to the Nightingale. 1
 
Note 1.
This song, often attributed to Shakespeare, is now confidently assigned to Barnfield; it is found in his collection of “Poems in Divers Humours,” published in 1598.—Ellis: Specimens, vol. ii. p. 316. [back]