XII A RENUNCIATION. If women could be fair, and yet not fond, To mark the choice they make, and how they change, How oft from Phoebus they do flee to Pan; Unsettled still, like haggards wild they range, These gentle birds that fly from man to man ; Who would not scorn and shake them from the fist, And let them fly, fair fools, which way they list? Yet for disport we fawn and flatter both, To pass the time when nothing else can please, Earl of Oxford. 5 IO 15 XIII THE EXCELLENCY OF HIS LOVE. Give place, ye lovers, here before That spent your boasts and brags in vain : My lady's beauty passeth more The best of yours, I dare well say'n, с 5 And thereto hath a troth as just As had Penelope the fair; I could rehearse, if that I would, The whole effect of Nature's plaint, When she had lost the perfect mould, The like to whom she could not paint: I know she swore with raging mind, ΙΟ 15 20 That could have gone so near her heart; And this was chiefly all her pain: 'She could not make the like again.' 25 Sith Nature thus gave her the praise On your behalf might well be sought, XIV 30 Earl of Surrey. FAIR AND FALSE. When first mine eyes did view and mark The pleasant words that thou me told, And when in mind I did consent To follow thus my fancy's will, And when my heart did first relent To taste such bait, myself to spill, O flatterer false! thou traitor born, William Hunnis. XV TO HIS FORSAKEN MISTRESS. I do confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might have gone near to love thee, Had I not found the slightest prayer That lips could speak, had power to move thee; But I can let thee now alone, As worthy to be loved by none. I do confess thou'rt sweet, but find Thy favours are but like the wind, That kisses everything it meets : 5 10 The morning rose that untouched stands, 15 But scent and beauty both are gone, Such fate ere long will thee betide, When thou hast handled been a while; XVI Sir Robert Aytoun. THE SHEpherd's FAREWELL. While that the sun with his beams hot Sitting beside a crystal fountain, In shadow of a green oak tree Upon his pipe this song playèd he: Adieu Love, adieu Love, untrue Love, Untrue Love, untrue Love, adieu Love; Your mind is light, soon lost for new love. So long as I was in your sight, I was your heart, your soul, and treasure; Adieu Love, adieu Love, untrue Love, Another shepherd you did see, To whom your heart was soon enchainèd; 20 5 10 15 20 Soon came a third, your love to win, And we were out, and he was in. Adieu Love, adieu Love, untrue Love, 25 Your mind is light, soon lost for new love. Sure you have made me passing glad That you your mind so soon removèd, To choose you for my best beloved: 30 Adieu Love, adieu Love, untrue Love, 35 Anon. XVII SONNET. Rudely thou wrongest my dear heart's desire, Scorn of base things and sdeign of foul dishonour, Was never in this world ought worthy tried, 5 IO |