<P> `` The Nymph 's Reply to the Shepherd '' ( 1596 ) , by Walter Raleigh , is a poem that responds to and parodies the poem `` The Passionate Shepherd to His Love '' ( 1593 ) by Christopher Marlowe . In her reply to the shepherd 's invitation , the nymph presents her rejection of the shepherd 's courtship for a life of pastoral idyll . </P>
<P> `` The Nymph 's Reply to the Shepherd '' ( 1596 ) , by Walter Raleigh , is a poem that responds to and parodies the poem `` The Passionate Shepherd to His Love '' ( 1593 ) by Christopher Marlowe . In her reply to the shepherd 's invitation , the nymph presents her rejection of the shepherd 's courtship for a life of pastoral idyll . </P>
author of the nymph reply to the shepherd
author of the nymph reply to the shepherd
Walter Raleigh
Walter Raleigh