Pedestrian Crossing

Background reading

1. The Passionate Shepherd to his Love, by Christopher Marlowe
http://www.poetry-archive.com/m/the_passionate_shepherd_to_his_love.html

2. The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd, by Sir Walter Raleigh
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/nymphsreply.htm

3. The Shepherd's Song, by Stellar

I can't hold time, nor could I dare
Lift up my eyes to cast down care,
To stay the winter from the spring
Or hold back night from her mourning.

The flocks do fly from field to fold;
The constant wind blows crisp and bold
Through temperate times, yet all remember
The hours spring the years December.

The flowers fade like cloud-filled skies;
I've seen them all through perfect eyes.
The moon will fall into the sea -
That promises mortality.

But, still the sun comes up at day
To let us dream our time away.
So come with me and let me prove
This living is an ageless love.

Our joys will end; our youth can't last,
Then, all the better, feast than fast.
The sun will fall into the blue -
I'll chase it while it follows you.

Before the breath slips from my tongue
This silent song won't fall unsung.
It's not your mind I mean to move
To live with me and be my Love.