@us-poet When I was writing my response, I thought of this poem: The Passionate Shepherd to His Love by Christopher Marlowe (1599).
Later in 1600, Sir Walter Raleigh made a reply to this poem entitled:
The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd
See this link: http://www2.latech.edu/~bmagee/201/marlowe/shepherd_&_notes.htm
