I've missed out the zing in the tail of this, which is that after they fall
a-kissing he starts wandering up and down again, presumably over a different
set of peaks and valleys. The textual rendition doesn't need any more
repetition, though.
Dominic
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Subject: Re: pastoral
MADRIGAL
Fair Phyllis I saw
sitting all alone
feeding her flocks
near to the mountainside
and after her lover
her lover and after her
lover and after her lover
Amyntas hied
up and down up and
down he wandered up
and down he wandered
up and down he wandered
up and down up and down
he wandered
while she was miss-
while she was missing
when
he
found
her
why then they fell
a-kissing why then
they fell a-
kissing a-kissing why
then they fell a-
kissing
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