| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910. | | | | Song: ‘Nymphs and Shepherds dance no more’ | | By John Milton (1608–1674) |
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NYMPHS and Shepherds dance no more | |
| By sandy Ladons Lillied banks. | |
| On old Lycæus or Cyllene hoar, | |
| Trip no more in twilight ranks, | |
| Though Erymanth your loss deplore, | 5 |
| A better soyl shall give ye thanks. | |
| From the stony Mænalus, | |
| Bring your Flocks, and live with us, | |
| Here ye shall have greater grace, | |
| To serve the Lady of this place. | 10 |
| Though Syrinx your Pans Mistress were, | |
| Yet Syrinx well might wait on her. | |
| Such a rural Queen | |
| All Arcadia hath not seen. | | | | |
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