The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd

We read "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe and Sir Walter Ralegh's reply "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" and as an assigment were told to write our own reply from the Nymph's point of view or the Shepherd's, guess which I cho

 

Oh darling shepherd of mine

Your offers taste of bitter-sweet wine,

And though lovely they may seem,

I’m afraid they are but a dream.

 

With lack of fortune I cannot love thee,

For through your fake words I see,

An artificial material need,

A hunger that you wish for me to feed?

 

But dear sir I cannot,

For I am not the nymph you thought,

That would fall weakly to her knees,

For your rosy love and honey-bees.

 

Oh gentleman shepherd spare my heart,

From your moaning before you start,

For my head has begun to ache,

And your wistful words are far to fake.

 

I will never fall for thee

You and I can never be,

So give up sweetheart while you can,

For I’m in search of a loyal man.

 

Oh foolish shepherd of dreams,

Your offers are all lies it seems,

And though your words are awfully sweet,

They are far too fragile far too meek.

Author's Note

I did this in less than an hour it was for a journal response, but lemme know what you think..