LOVE FROWARD AND DISSEMBLING. Maids, in modesty, say No to that Which they would have the profferer construe Ay. LOVE COMPARED TO AN APRIL DAY. O, how this spring of love resembleth AN ACCOMPLISHED YOUNG GENTLEMAN. His years but young, but his experience old; A LOVER'S BANISHMENT. And why not death, rather than living torment? Ay, ay; and she hath offered to the doom REPENTANCE. Who by repentance is not satisfied, Is nor of heaven nor earth. LOVE INCREASED BY ATTEMPTS TO SUPPRESS IT. Didst thou but know the inly touch of love, Luc. I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire; But qualify the fire's extreme rage, Lest it should burn above the bounds of reason. Jul. The more thou damm'st it up, the more it The current, that with gentle murmur glides, [burns; Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage; But when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamell'd stones, He overtaketh in his pilgrimage; And so by many winding nooks he strays, Then let me go, and hinder not my course; I'll be as patient as a gentle stream, And make a pastime of each weary step, Till the last step have brought me to my love; A blessed soul doth in Elysium. INFIDELITY IN A FRIEND. Who should be trusted now, when one's right hand Is perjured to the bosom? Proteus, I am sorry I must never trust thee more, But count the world a stranger for thy sake. The private wound is deepest. Two lads, that thought there was no more behind, But such a day to-morrow as to-day, And to be a boy eternal. We were as twinn'd lambs, that did frisk i' the sun, And bleat the one at the other: what we changed, Was innocence for innocence; we knew not The doctrine of ill-doing-no, nor dream'd That any did had we pursued that life, And our weak spirits ne'er been higher rear'd With stronger blood, we should have answer'd Heaven Boldly, Not guilty; the imposition clear'd, Hereditary ours.* EXPOSING AN INFANT. Come on, poor babe: Some powerful spirit instruct the kites and ravens A GARLAND FOR MIDDLE-AGED MEN. I'll not put The dibble in earth to set one slip of them: Hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram; The marigold, that goes to bed with the sun, RURAL SIMPLICITY. I was not much afeard; for once or twice Setting aside original sin. |