Venus and Adonis

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Elizabethan English			Modern English
VENUS AND ADONIS			Venus and Adonis
EVEN as the sun with purple-colour'd face			Even as the sun with a purple face
Had ta'en his last leave of the weeping morn,			Had his last vacation from the crying morning,
Rose-cheek'd Adonis tried him to the chase;			Rose-Cheek's Adonis tried to chase;
Hunting he lov'd, but love he laugh'd to scorn; 4			Hunting he loved, but he loved, he laughed to despise; 4
Sick-thoughted Venus makes amain unto him,			Sick with Venus makes Amain to him,
And like a bold-fac'd suitor 'gins to woo him.			And like a brave applicant to rewrite him.
Thrice fairer than myself,' thus she began,			Three times fairer than me, so she started
The field's chief flower, sweet above compare, 8			Compare the main flower of the field, sweetly above, 8
Stain to all nymphs, more lovely than a man,			Stain on all nymphs, more beautiful than a man,
More white and red than doves or roses are;			Are more white and red than pigeons or roses;
Nature that made thee, with herself at strife,			Nature that made you with yourself in dispute,
Saith that the world hath ending with thy life. 12			Spaith that the world ends with your life. 12
Vouchsafe, thou wonder, to alight thy steed,			Birtsafe, you are surprised to replace your horses,
And rein his proud head to the saddle-bow;			And put his proud head back into the saddle width;
If thou wilt deign this favour, for thy meed			If you defeat this favor for your Meed
A thousand honey secrets shalt thou know: 16			A thousand honey secrets should know: 16
Here come and sit, where never serpent hisses;			Here come and sit where there are never snakes;
And being set, I'll smother thee with kisses:			And I will suffocate you with kisses:
And yet not cloy thy lips with loath'd satiety,			And yet not with loathed saturations, your lips
But rather famish them amid their plenty, 20			But you in the middle of your abundance, 20
Making them red and pale with fresh variety;			They red and pale with fresh change;
Ten kisses short as one, one long as twenty:			Ten kisses short as one, one, up to twenty:
A summer's day will seem an hour but short,			A summer day will appear for an hour, but
Being wasted in such time-beguiling sport.' 24			Be wasted in such a time sport. '24
With this she seizeth on his sweating palm,			In doing so, it fulfills its sweating palm
The precedent of pith and livelihood,			The precedent of marks and livelihood,
And, trembling in her passion, calls it balm,			And, trembling in her passion, it calls balm,
Earth's sovereign salve to do a goddess good: 28			Confidently volley of the earth to make up for a goddess: 28
Being so enrag'd, desire doth lend her force			Be so agree that the desire gives its strength
Courageously to pluck him from his horse.			Brave to pick him from his horse.
Over one arm the lusty courser's rein			About an arm, the rein of the lustful course
Under her other was the tender boy, 32			The delicate boy was under her other, 32
Who blush'd and pouted in a dull disdain,			Who blushed and pouted in a boring contempt,
With leaden appetite, unapt to toy;			With leaden appetite, unapt to toy;
She red and hot as coals of glowing fire			They red and hot like coals with glowing fire
He red for shame, but frosty in desire. 36			He red for shame, but frosty in the desire. 36
The studded bridle on a ragged bough			The occupants of zaum
Nimbly she fastens;--O! how quick is love:--			It attaches herself to a nimble; -o! How fast is love:-
The steed is stalled up, and even now			The horse has stalled and still now
To tie the rider she begins to prove: 40			In order to bind the driver, it begins to prove: 40
Backward she push'd him, as she would be thrust,			She pushed him backwards as she would push
And govern'd him in strength, though not in lust.			And rule it in strength, if not in lust.
So soon was she along, as he was down,			So soon she was with him when he was down
Each leaning on their elbows and their hips: 44			Everyone leans on their elbows and the hips: 44
Now doth she stroke his cheek, now doth he frown,			Now she caresses herself with the cheek, now he's forehead, frowns, frowns,
And 'gins to chide, but soon she stops his lips;			And to blame gins, but soon she will stop his lips;
And kissing speaks, with lustful language broken,			And kissing speaks, broken with lustful language,
If thou wilt chide, thy lips shall never open.' 48			If you tad yourself, your lips will never open. '48
He burns with bashful shame; she with her tears			He burns with shy shame; They with their tears
Doth quench the maiden burning of his cheeks;			The virgin deletes his cheeks;
Then with her windy sighs and golden hairs			Then with their windy sighs and golden hair
To fan and blow them dry again she seeks: 52			To fan and blow them again, she is looking for: 52
He saith she is immodest, blames her miss;			He speaks that she is unanimous, accuses her miss;
What follows more she murders with a kiss.			What follows more, murdered them with a kiss.
Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast,			Also as an empty eagle, sharp by fast,
Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh and bone, 56			Tires with their beak on springs, meat and bones, 56
Shaking her wings, devouring all in haste,			Shake your wings, devour everything in a hurry,
Till either gorge be stuff'd or prey be gone;			Until either gorge stuffed or prey disappeared;
Even so she kiss'd his brow, his cheek, his chin,			Nevertheless, she kissed his forehead, his cheek, his chin,
And where she ends she doth anew begin. 60			And where it ends, it starts again. 60
Forc'd to content, but never to obey,			Forc'd to content, but never obey,
Panting he lies, and breatheth in her face;			He lies panting and breathes on her face;
She feedeth on the steam, as on a prey,			It feeds on the steam like on a prey,
And calls it heavenly moisture, air of grace; 64			And calls it heavenly moisture, air of grace; 64
Wishing her cheeks were gardens full of flowers			I wish her cheeks were full of flowers
So they were dewd with such distilling showers.			So they were dew distillation showers.
Look! how a bird lies tangled in a net,			Looks! How a bird is involved in a network,
So fasten'd in her arms Adonis lies; 68			So attached to their arms, Adonis lies; 68
Pure shame and aw'd resistance made him fret,			Pure shame and aw'D resistance let him annoy him,
Which bred more beauty in his angry eyes:			The more beauty breeded in his angry eyes:
Rain added to a river that is rank			Rain added to a river, the rank is
Perforce will force it overflow the bank. 72			Perforce is overcrowded. 72
Still she entreats, and prettily entreats,			She still asks and asks pretty.
For to a pretty ear she tunes her tale;			For a pretty ear, she coordinates her story;
Still is he sullen, still he lours and frets,			Nevertheless, he is grumpy, he still ventilates and annoys himself
Twixt crimson shame and anger ashy-pale; 76			Twixt crimson shame and anger Ashy-Pale; 76
Being red she loves him best; and being white,			As red, she loves him best; And be white
Her best is better'd with a more delight.			Your best is better with a more precise joy.
Look how he can, she cannot choose but love;			See how he can, you cannot choose, but love;
And by her fair immortal hand she swears, 80			And her fair immortal hand swears, 80
From his soft bosom never to remove,			Never remove from its soft breast,
Till he take truce with her contending tears,			Until he takes ceasefire with their competing tears,
Which long have rain'd, making her cheeks all wet;			They rain for a long time and their cheeks all get wet;
And one sweet kiss shall pay this countless debt.			And a sweet kiss will pay this countless guilt.
Upon this promise did he raise his chin 85			He increased his chin 85 on this promise
Like a dive-dapper peering through a wave,			Like a dive that looks through a wave,
Who, being look'd on, ducks as quickly in;			Anyone who looks like it ducks so quickly;
So offers he to give what she did crave; 88			So he offers that he gives what she longs; 88
But when her lips were ready for his pay,			But when her lips were ready for his payment,
He winks, and turns his lips another way.			He winks at and turns his lips differently.
Never did passenger in summer's heat			Never the passenger in the summer heat
More thirst for drink than she for this good turn. 92			More thirst for drink than you for this good turn. 92
Her help she sees, but help she cannot get;			She sees her help, but she helps she can't get;
She bathes in water, yet her fire must burn:			She bathes in water, but her fire has to burn:
O! pity,' 'gan she cry, 'flint-hearted boy:			Ö! Pity, "Gan she cries", flint heart boy:
Tis but a kiss I beg; why art thou coy? 96			But it is a kiss that I please; Why are you chic 96
I have been woo'd, as I entreat thee now,			I became when I ask you now
Even by the stern and direful god of war,			Even through the strict and bad god of war,
Whose sinewy neck in battle ne'er did bow,			Its sustainable neck in the battle did not worry
Who conquers where he comes in every jar; 100			Who conquers where he comes in every glass; 100
Yet hath he been my captive and my slave,			But he caught my caught and my slave was
And begg'd for that which thou unask'd shalt have.			And begged around what you made unclear.
Over my altars hath he hung his lance,			He hung his lance about my altars,
His batter'd shield, his uncontrolled crest, 104			His stroke sign, his uncontrolled coat of arms, 104
And for my sake hath learn'd to sport and dance			And for my sake he learned to dance and dance sports
To toy, to wanton, dally, smile, and jest;			To toy, muton, dally, smile and joke;
Scorning his churlish drum and ensign red			Reduces its churian drum and ensign red
Making my arms his field, his tent my bed. 108			My arm made his field, his tent my bed. 108
Thus he that overrul'd I oversway'd,			So that I had overwritten it, I surprised it
Leading him prisoner in a red-rose chain:			Leads him in a red rose chain.
Strong-temper'd steel his stronger strength obey'd,			Steel steel obeyed its stronger strength,
Yet was he servile to my coy disdain. 112			Nevertheless, he was served my shy contempt. 112
O! be not proud, nor brag not of thy might,			Ö! Don't be proud and don't be with your power,
For mastering her that foil'd the god of fight.			For mastery that thwarted the god of struggle.
Touch but my lips with those falr lips of thine,--			But touch my lips with these falr lips of yours
Though mine be not so fair, yet are they red,-- 116			Although mine is not that fair, they are red- 116
The kiss shall be thine own as well as mine:			The kiss will be both your own and mine:
What seest thou in the ground? hold up thy head:			What kind of sea are you in the ground? Hold your head up:
Look in mine eyeballs, there thy beauty lies;			Look in my eyeballs, give your beauty lies;
Then why not lips on lips, since eyes in eyes? 120			Then why not your lips on lips, there are eyes in your eyes? 120
Art thou asham'd to kiss? then wink again,			Do you art to kiss Asham'd? Then wink again,
And I will wink; so shall the day seem night;			And I will wink; So the day should appear;
Love keeps his revels where there are but twain;			Love keeps his celebrations where there is only Twain;
Be bold to play, our sport is not in sight: 124			Be brave, our sport is not in sight: 124
These blue-vein'd violets whereon we lean			These blue violets where we lean
Never can blab, nor know not what we mean.			I can never know what we mean.
The tender spring upon thy tempting lip 127			The delicate source with its tempting lip 127
Shows thee unripe, yet mayst thou well be tasted:			Show you immature, but you will be tried well:
Make use of time, let not advantage slip;			Use the time, do not let the advantage slip.
Beauty within itself should not be wasted:			Beauty in itself should not be wasted:
Fair flowers that are not gather'd in their prime			Fair flowers that are not gathered in their flowering period
Rot and consume themselves in little time. 132			Rotten and consume in little time. 132
Were I hard-favour'd, foul, or wrinkled-old,			I became damn hard again, lazy or crumpled, old,
Ill-nurtur'd, crooked, churlish, harsh in voice,			Ill-Nurtur, Krumant, grumpy, hard with voice,
O'erworn, despised, rheumatic, and cold,			Surprison, despised, rheumatic and cold,
Thick-sighted, barren, lean, and lacking juice, 136			Thick seam, barren, slim and a lack of juice, 136
Then mightst thou pause, for then I were not for thee;			Then you could pause, because then I wasn't for you;
But having no defects, why dost abhor me?			But without defects why I detest me?
Thou canst not see one winkle in my brow; 139			You can't see a Tellock in my forehead; 139
Mine eyes are grey and bright, and quick in turning;			My eyes are gray and bright and turn quickly;
My beauty as the spring doth yearly grow;			My beauty than spring grows every year;
My flesh is soft and plump, my marrow burning;			My meat is soft and plump, my mark burns;
My smooth moist hand, were it with thy hand felt.			My smooth wet hand was felt with your hand.
Would in thy palm dissolve, or seem to melt. 144			Would dissolve or melt in your palm. 144
Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear,			Offer me discourse, I'll enchant your ear
Or like a fairy, trip upon the green,			Or like a fairy, excursion to the green,
Or, like a nymph, with long dishevell'd hair,			Or like a nymph with long, shabby hair,
Dance on the sands, and yet no footing seen: 148			Dance on the sand and yet no foundation seen: 148
Love is a spirit all compact of fire,			Love is a spirit that is all compact by fire,
Not gross to sink, but light, and will aspire.			Not to sink nasty, but light and will strive.
Witness this primrose bank whereon I lie; 151			Witness of this primrose bank in which I lie; 151
These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me;			These huge flowers such as robust trees support me;
Two strengthless doves will draw me through the sky,			Two weak pigeons will pull me through the sky,
From morn till night, even where I list to sport me:			From Morm to night, even where I list to drive myself:
Is love so light, sweet boy, and may it be			Love is so easy, sweet boy, and may it be
That thou shouldst think it heavy unto thee? 156			That you should think of it hard for yourself? 156
Is thine own heart to shine own face affected?			Is your own heart to shine your own face?
Can thy right hand seize love upon thy left?			Can your right hand take love to the left?
Then woo thyself, be of thyself rejected,			Then woo yourself, be rejected by yours,
Steal thine own freedom, and complain on theft. 160			Steal your own freedom and complain about theft. 160
Narcissus so himself himself forsook,			Narcissus so he himself,
And died to kiss his shadow in the brook.			And died to kiss his shadow in the stream.
Torches are made to light, jewels to wear,			Torches are made on light, jewels to carry,
Dainties to taste, fresh beauty for the use, 164			Dainties to taste, fresh beauty for use, 164
Herbs for their smell, and sappy plants to bear;			To wear herbs for their smell and juicy plants;
Things growing to themselves are growth's abuse:			Things that grow for themselves are abuse of growth:
Seeds spring from seeds, and beauty breedeth beauty;			Sama jumps from seeds, and beauty breeds beauty;
Thou wast begot; to get it is thy duty. 168			You are conceived; Getting it is your duty. 168
Upon the earth's increase why shouldst thou feed,			On the increase of the earth, why should they feed,
Unless the earth with thy increase be fed?			Unless the earth is fed with your increase?
By law of nature thou art bound to breed,			According to the law of nature that you have breeded, breeding,
That thine may live when thou thyself art dead; 172			This can be your life if you are dead yourself; 172
And so in spite of death thou dost survive,			And so they survive despite death,
In that thy likeness still is left alive.'			In this context, it still remains alive. '
By this the love-sick queen began to sweat,			This started sweating the love disease queen,
For where they lay the shadow had forsook them, 176			Because wherever they put, the shadow had anchored them, 176
And Titan, tired in the mid-day heat			And titanium, tired in the lunch warmth
With burning eye did hotly overlook them,			With a burning eye she overlooked hot,
Wishing Adonis had his team to guide,			I wish Adonis had to lead his team
So he were like him and by Venus' side. 180			So he was like him and Venus' side. 180
And now Adonis with a lazy spright,			And now Adonis with a lazy language,
And with a heavy, dark, disliking eye,			And with a heavy, dark, expired eye,
His louring brows o'erwhelming his fair sight,			His Lenen brews exceed his fair sight,
Like misty vapours when they blot the sky, 184			Like foggy vapors when they separate the sky, 184
Souring his cheeks, cries, 'Fie! no more of love:			Acidify his cheeks, cries, 'fie! No more love:
The sun doth burn my face; I must remove.'			The sun burns my face; I have to remove. '
Ay me,' quoth Venus, 'young, and so unkind!			Ay me, 'Quoth Venus', young and so unfriendly!
What bare excuses mak'st thou to be gone! 188			What mere excuses do, you are gone! 188
I'll sigh celestial breath, whose gentle wind			I will sigh heavenly breath, whose gentle wind
Shall cool the heat of this descending sun:			Should cool the heat of this descending sun:
I'll make a shadow for thee of my hairs; 191			I will make a shadow for you out of my hair; 191
If they burn too, I'll quench them with my tears.			If you burn, I will delete them with my tears.
The sun that shines from heaven shines but warm,			The sun that shines from the sky seems warm,
And lo! I lie between that sun and thee:			And see! I lie between this sun and you:
The heat I have from thence doth little harm,			The heat that I have from there hurt little,
Thine eye darts forth the fire that burneth me; 196			Your eye shoots the fire that burns me; 196
And were I not immortal, life were done			And I wasn't immortal, life was done
Between this heavenly and earthly sun.			Between this heavenly and earthly sun.
Art thou obdurate, flinty, hard as steel?			Do you plasted OBDU, flinster, hard as steel?
Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth: 200			No, more than flint for stone at Rain Relenteth: 200
Art thou a woman's son, and canst not feel			Art, you the son of a woman, and can't feel
What 'tis to love? how want of love tormenteth?			What is to be loved? How does love torture themselves?
O! had thy mother borne so hard a mind, 203			Ö! Had your mother born so hard, 203
She had not brought forth thee, but died unkind.			She hadn't produced you, but died unfriendly.
What am I that thou shouldst contemn me this?			What am I that you should fight for me?
Or what great danger dwells upon my suit?			Or what great danger gives my suit?
What were thy lips the worse for one poor kiss?			What were your lips worse for a bad kiss?
Speak, fair; but speak fair words, or else be mute:			Speak, fair; But speak beautiful words or be silent:
Give me one kiss, I'll give it thee again, 209			Give me a kiss, I'll give it to you again, 209
And one for interest if thou wilt have twain.			And one for interest if you have Twain.
Fie! lifeless picture, cold and senseless stone,			Fie! lifeless picture, cold and senseless stone,
Well-painted idol, image dull and dead, 212			Well -painted idol, picture boring and dead, 212
Statue contenting but the eye alone,			Statue content, but the eye alone,
Thing like a man, but of no woman bred:			Thing like a man, but bred without a woman:
Thou art no man, though of a man's complexion,			You are not a person, although the complexion of a man,
For men will kiss even by their own direction.' 216			Because men will even kiss in their own direction. '216
This said, impatience chokes her pleading tongue,			That is, impatience suffocates her pleading tongue,
And swelling passion doth provoke a pause;			And swelling passion provokes a break;
Red cheeks and fiery eyes blaze forth her wrong;			Red cheeks and fiery eyes lure them wrong;
Being judge in love, she cannot right her cause: 220			As a judge in love, she cannot correct her cause: 220
And now she weeps, and now she fain would speak,			And now she cries and now she would speak
And now her sobs do her intendments break.			And now their sobs are making their intentions.
Sometimes she shakes her head, and then his hand;			Sometimes she shakes her head and then his hand;
Now gazeth she on him, now on the ground; 224			Now she is giving him on the floor; 224
Sometimes her arms infold him like a band:			Sometimes her arms publish him like a band:
She would, he will not in her arms be bound;			She would not be bound in her arms;
And when from thence he struggles to be gone,			And when he fights from there to be away
She locks her lily fingers one in one. 228			She blocks her Lily finger one in one. 228
Fondling,' she saith, 'since I have hemm'd thee here			Stroke "she says" because I have made you secret here
Within the circuit of this ivory pale,			BLASSE within the circuit of this elf leg,
I'll be a park, and thou shalt be my deer;			I will be a park and you should be my deer;
Feed where thou wilt, on mountain or in dale: 232			Food where you will be on the mountain or in Dale: 232
Graze on my lips, and if those hills be dry,			Graze on my lips, and when these hills be dry
Stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie.			Stray deeper, where the pleasant wells lie.
Within this limit is relief enough,			There is enough relief within this limit
Sweet bottom-grass and high delightful plain, 236			Sweet floor grass and high wonderful level, 236
Round rising hillocks, brakes obscure and rough,			Round rising hill, brakes dark and rough, rough,
To shelter thee from tempest and from rain:			To protect yourself from the storm and rain:
Then be my deer, since I am such a park; 239			Then be my deer because I am such a park; 239
No dog shall rouse thee, though a thousand bark.'			No dog should wake you up, although a thousand rarke. '
At this Adonis smiles as in disdain,			On this Adonis smiles as in contempt,
That in each cheek appears a pretty dimple:			A pretty dimple appears in every cheek:
Love made those hollows, if himself were slain,			Love made these troughs when he was killed,
He might be buried in a tomb so simple; 244			He could be buried in such a simple grave; 244
Foreknowing well, if there he came to lie,			Progress well when he came to lie,
Why, there Love liv'd, and there he could not die.			Why, love it, and he couldn't die there.
These lovely caves, these round enchanting pits,			These beautiful caves, these round enchanting pits,
Open'd their mouths to swallow Venus' liking. 248			Open your mouth to swallow Venus' taste. 248
Being mad before, how doth she now for wits?			How is she doing now?
Struck dead at first, what needs a second striking?			Skiped dead first, what does a second blow need?
Poor queen of love, in thine own law forlorn,			Poor Queen of Love, in her own law - abandoned,
To love a cheek that smiles at thee in scorn! 252			Love a cheek that smiles at you in contempt! 252
Now which way shall she turn? what shall she say?			Which way should she turn now? What should she say?
Her words are done, her woes the more increasing;			Her words are done, their problems grow all the more;
The time is spent, her object will away,			The time is spent, your object is gone
And from her twining arms doth urge releasing: 256			And urge to publish from their twining arms: 256
Pity,' she cries; 'some favour, some remorse!'			Pity, "She cries;" Some favor, some remorse! "
Away he springs, and hasteth to his horse.			Outside he rises and hurries to his horse.
But lo! from forth a copse that neighbours by,			But see! From Forth a Copies, the neighbors of,
A breeding jennet, lusty, young, and proud, 260			A breeding Jennet, lustful, young and proud, 260
Adonis' tramping courier doth espy,			Adonis 'Tramping Courier doth Espy,
And forth she rushes, snorts and neighs aloud:			And her races, snort and a desert:
The strong-neck'd steed, being tied unto a tree,			The strong horse that is bound to a tree,
Breaketh his rein, and to her straight goes he. 264			Breaketh his reins and he goes to her street. 264
Imperiously he leaps, he neighs, he bounds,			He jumps better, he behaves, he limits,
And now his woven girths he breaks asunder;			And now he breaks his woven scope that he breaks in the world;
The bearing earth with his hard hoof he wounds,			The warehouse end of earth with its hard hoof, he wounds,
Whose hollow womb resounds like heaven's thunder;			Whose hollow womb like the Himmeldonna crouches;
The iron bit he crusheth 'tween his teeth, 269			The iron bite he crushes his teeth, 269
Controlling what he was controlled with.			Control of what he was controlled.
His ears up-prick'd; his braided hanging mane			His ears increased; His braided hammocks
Upon his compass'd crest now stand on end; 272			The end of his compassive coat of arms is now coming to an end; 272
His nostrils drink the air, and forth again,			His nostrils drink the air and her again.
As from a furnace, vapours doth he send:			As if from an oven, the vapors send: he sends:
His eye, which scornfully glisters like fire,			His eye, which contemptuously contemptuously contemptuously as fire, like fire,
Shows his hot courage and his high desire. 276			Shows his hot courage and his high desire. 276
Sometime he trots, as if he told the steps,			At some point he trots as if he told the steps,
With gentle majesty and modest pride;			With a gentle majesty and modest pride;
Anon he rears upright, curvets and leaps,			Anon he recovers, curves and jumps, jumps,
As who should say, 'Lo! thus my strength is tried;			As who should say: 'Lo! So my strength is tried;
And this I do to captivate the eye 281			And I do that to captivate the eye 281
Of the fair breeder that is standing by.'			The fair breeder who is ready. '
What recketh he his rider's angry stir,			What does he think, the angry turmoil of his driver,
His flattering 'Holla', or his 'Stand, I say'? 284			His flattering "Holla" or his "stand, I say"? 284
What cares he now for curb or pricking spur?			What does he care about curb or spiked spur now?
For rich caparisons or trapping gay?			For rich caparisons or catching homosexuals?
He sees his love, and nothing else he sees,			He sees his love and nothing else he sees
Nor nothing else with his proud sight agrees. 288			Nothing else with his proud sight is right. 288
Look, when a painter would surpass the life,			Look if a painter would exceed life,
In limning out a well-proportion'd steed,			To remove a good proportional horse,
His art with nature's workmanship at strife,			His art with the processing of nature in dispute,
As if the dead the living should exceed; 292			As if the dead should exceed the living; 292
So did this horse excel a common one,			This horse also produced a common one
In shape, in courage, colour, pace and bone.			In shape, in courage, color, speed and bones.
Round-hoof'd, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long,			Rundhoof'd, short joint, fetlocks shag and long, long,
Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide,			Wide chest, full eye, small head and nostril wide,
High crest, short ears, straight legs and passing strong,			Cummet, short ears, straight legs and passing, strong, strong,
Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide:			Thin mane, thick tail, wide buttocks, delicate fur:
Look, what a horse should have he did not lack,			See what a horse should, it is not missing
Save a proud rider on so proud a back. 300			Save a proud driver on such a proud back. 300
Sometimes he scuds far off, and there he stares;			Sometimes he walks far away and stares there;
Anon he starts at stirring of a feather;			Anon begins with stirring a feather;
To bid the wind a base he now prepares,			To offer the wind a base that it is now preparing,
And whe'r he run or fly they know not whether; 304			And wherever it runs or flies, you don't know if; 304
For through his mane and tail the high wind sings,			Because through his mane and tail the strong wind sings,
Fanning the hairs, who wave like feather'd wings.			Insect the hair that waves like spring wings.
He looks upon his love, and neighs unto her;			He looks at his love and behaves to her;
She answers him as if she knew his mind; 308			She answers him as if she knew his spirit; 308
Being proud, as females are, to see him woo her,			Be proud of how women are, to see him about seeing
She puts on outward strangeness, seems unkind,			It sets strange to the outside, seems unfriendly,
Spurns at his love and scorns the heat he feels,			Smeared his love and despise the heat he feels
Beating his kind embracements with her heels. 312			To beat his friendly hugs with their heels. 312
Then, like a melancholy malcontent,			Then, like a melancholic painting content,
He vails his tail, that, like a falling plume,			He narrowed his cock, which, like a falling cloud,
Cool shadow to his melting buttock lent:			Cool shadows borrowed from his melting buttocks:
He stamps, and bites the poor flies in his fume. 316			He stamps and bites his poor flies into his smoke. 316
His love, perceiving how he is enrag'd,			His love, perceived as he is committed,
Grew kinder, and his fury was assuag'd.			Grew more friendlier and his anger was assuited.
His testy master goeth about to take him;			His testicle master who takes him;
When lo! the unback'd breeder, full of fear, 320			If Lo! The Unback'd breeder full of fear, 320
Jealous of catching, swiftly doth forsake him,			Jealous of catching, giving up quickly, leaving him,
With her the horse, and left Adonis there:			With her the horse and left Adonis there:
As they were mad, unto the wood they hie them,			When they were crazy for the wood, they have them, they,
Outstripping crows that strive to overfly them. 324			Crows overflowing that strive to fly over. 324
All swoln with chafing, down Adonis sits,			All swolns with shyers, down adonis, sits,
Banning his boisterous and unruly beast:			Probable its exuberant and unruly animal:
And now the happy season once more fits,			And now the happy season fits again,
That love-sick Love by pleading may be blest; 328			This love disease by the plea can be blessed; 328
For lovers say, the heart hath treble wrong			For lovers, say the heart wrong
When it is barr'd the aidance of the tongue.			When it is the tongue aids.
An oven that is stopp'd, or river stay'd,			An oven that is stopped or river remains,
Burneth more hotly, swelleth with more rage: 332			Burneth stronger, hits with more anger: 332
So of concealed sorrow may be said;			So hidden grief can be said;
Free vent of words love's fire doth assuage;			Free words -fire's fire have on the way;
But when the heart's attorney once is mute			But when the lawyer of the heart is silent
The client breaks, as desperate in his suit. 336			The customer breaks so desperately in his suit. 336
He sees her coming, and begins to glow,--			He sees her coming and begins to shine--
Even as a dying coal revives with wind,--			Also as the dying coal is revived with wind,-
And with his bonnet hides his angry brow;			And with his bonnet hides his angry forehead;
Looks on the dull earth with disturbed mind, 340			Looks at the blunt earth with a disturbed spirit, 340
Taking no notice that she is so nigh,			Don't be so close that it is so close
For all askance he holds her in his eye.			With all the sheep, he keeps her in his eye.
O! what a sight it was, wistly to view			Ö! What a sight it was to see wistfully
How she came stealing to the wayward boy; 344			As she steals into a young boy; 344
To note the fighting conflict of her hue,			In order to consider the combat conflict of their color,
How white and red each other did destroy:			How white and red has destroyed each other:
But now her cheek was pale, and by and by			But now her cheek was pale, and gradually
It flash'd forth fire, as lightning from the sky. 348			The fire flashed as a flash of heaven. 348
Now was she just before him as he sat,			Now she was just before him when he was sitting
And like a lowly lover down she kneels;			And like a low lover, she kneels;
With one fair hand she heaveth up his hat,			With a fair hand she helps his hat
Her other tender hand his fair cheek feels: 352			Your other delicate hand, his beautiful cheek feels: 352
His tenderer cheek receives her soft hand's print,			His bidding cheek receives the pressure of her soft hand,
As apt as new-fall'n snow takes any dint.			As disadvantageous as New-Fall'n Snow takes every dint.
O! what a war of looks was then between them;			Ö! What kind of appearance was between them;
Her eyes petitioners to his eyes suing; 356			Her eyes complain to his eyes; 356
His eyes saw her eyes as they had not seen them;			His eyes saw her eyes like she hadn't seen her;
Her eyes woo'd still, his eyes disdain'd the wooing:			Her eyes were still waving, his eyes despised the advertising:
And all this dumb play had his acts made plain			And all of this stupid piece made his actions clear
With tears, which, chorus-like, her eyes did rain.			With tears that, like a chorus.
Full gently now she takes him by the hand, 361			She takes him at hand, 361
A lily prison'd in a gaol of snow,			A lily prison in a snow snow,
Or ivory in an alabaster band;			Or ivory in an alabaster band;
So white a friend engirts so white a foe: 364			So a friend spread so white an enemy: 364
This beauteous combat, wilful and unwilling,			This beautiful fight, deliberate and unwilling,
Show'd like two silver doves that sit a-billing.			Show like two silver pigeons sitting A-billing.
Once more the engine of her thoughts began:			The engine of her thoughts began again:
O fairest mover on this mortal round, 368			O Fairest Mover on this mortal round, 368
Would thou wert as I am, and I a man,			Would you like me like me and me a man
My heart all whole as thine, thy heart my wound;			My heart completely like yours, your heart my wound;
For one sweet look thy help I would assure thee,			I would assure you for a sweet look
Though nothing but my body's bane would cure thee.'			Although nothing but my body's bane would heal you. '
Give me my hand,' saith he, 'why dost thou feel it?'			Give me my hand, 'he says,' why do you feel it? '
Give me my heart,' saith she, 'and thou shalt have it;			Give me my heart, "she says" and you should have it;
O! give it me, lest thy hard heart do steel it,			Ö! Give me it so that your hard heart steel, it is to steel it,
And being steel'd, soft sighs can never grave it: 376			And if you are steel, soft sigh can never roam it: 376
Then love's deep groans I never shall regard,			Then I will never take into account the deep moaning of love,
Because Adonis' heart hath made mine hard.'			Because Adonis 'heart made mine difficult.'
For shame,' he cries, 'let go, and let me go;			For the shame »he screams, let go and let me go;
My day's delight is past, my horse is gone, 380			The joy of my day is over, my horse is gone, 380
And 'tis your fault I am bereft him so:			And it's your fault, I am calculated:
I pray you hence, and leave me here alone:			I pray you and let myself be in peace here:
For all my mind, my thought, my busy care,			For all my mind, my thought, my busy care,
Is how to get my palfrey from the mare.' 384			Is how I get my Palfrey from the mare. '384
Thus she replies: 'Thy palfrey, as he should,			So she replies: "Your Palfrey, as he should,
Welcomes the warm approach of sweet desire:			Welcomes the warm approach of the sweet desire:
Affection is a coal that must be cool'd;			Affection is a coal that must be cool;
Else, suffer'd, it will set the heart on fire: 388			Otherwise it will suffer, the heart will set fire: 388
The sea hath bounds, but deep desire hath none;			The sea has borders, but a deep desire has none;
Therefore no marvel though thy horse be gone.			So it's no wonder even though your horse is gone.
How like a Jade he stood, tied to the tree,			Like a jade he stood that was bound to the tree,
Servilely master'd with a leathern rein! 392			Servilely Master'd with a longer rein! 392
But when he saw his love, his youth's fair fee,			But when he saw his love, the fair fee of his youth,
He held such petty bondage in disdain;			He kept such a small bondage into contempt;
Throwing the base thong from his bending crest,			Throw
Enfranchising his mouth, his back, his breast. 396			Grabs his mouth, his back, his chest. 396
Who sees his true-love in her naked bed,			Who sees his true love in her naked bed,
Teaching the sheets a whiter hue than white,			The leaves teach a white shade as white,
But, when his glutton eye so full hath fed,			But when his nave was so fully fed, he fed
His other agents aim at like delight? 400			His other agents aim at a joy? 400
Who is so faint, that dare not be so bold			Who is so weak, that doesn't dare to do so brave
To touch the fire, the weather being cold?			To touch the fire, is the weather cold?
Let me excuse thy courser, gentle boy;			Let me excuse your courser, gentle boy;
And learn of him, I heartily beseech thee, 404			And learn from him, I give you from the heart, 404
To take advantage on presented joy			To be used for presented joy
Though I were dumb, yet his proceedings teach thee.			Although I was stupid, his process taught you.
O learn to love, the lesson is but plain,			O Learning to love, the lesson is only clear
And once made perfect, never lost again. 408			And once made perfectly, never lost again. 408
I know not love,' quoth he, 'nor will not know it,			I don't know that I don't love 'Quoth', and I won't know either.
Unless it be a boar, and then I chase it;			Unless it is a boar, and then I hunt it;
Tis much to borrow, and I will not owe it;			It is much to be borrowed and I won't owe it;
My love to love is love but to disgrace it; 412			My love for love is love, but to shake it; 412
For I have heard it is a life in death,			Because I heard that it is a life in death
That laughs and weeps, and all but with a breath.			That laughs and cries and anything but with one breath.
Who wears a garment shapeless and unfinish'd?			Who wears a clothingless and incomplete piece of clothing?
Who plucks the bud before one leaf put forth? 416			Who picks the bud in front of a sheet? 416
If springing things be any jot diminish'd,			If things are a fool, decreases
They wither in their prime, prove nothing worth;			They consume nothing in their heyday and prove anything;
The colt that's back'd and burden'd being young			The stallion
Loseth his pride, and never waxeth strong. 420			Loseth his pride and never grows strongly. 420
You hurt my hand with wringing. Let us part,			You injured my hand with wringing. Let us separate
And leave this idle theme, this bootless chat:			And leave this idle topic, this bootless chat:
Remove your siege from my unyielding heart;			Remove your siege from my relentless heart.
To love's alarms it will not ope the gate: 424			It will not set the gate to the alarms of love: 424
Dismiss your vows, your feigned tears, your flattery;			Disassemble your vows, your fake tears, your flattery;
For where a heart is hard they make no battery.'			Because where a heart is hard, they don't make a battery. '
What! canst thou talk?' quoth she, 'hast thou a tongue?			What! Can you talk? 'Quoth you have a tongue?
O! would thou hadst not, or I had no hearing; 428			Ö! Wouldn't you have had, otherwise I had no hearing; 428
Thy mermaid's voice hath done me double wrong;			Your mermaid's voice made me twice wrong;
I had my load before, now press'd with bearing:			I've had my load before, now press with warehouse:
Melodious discord, heavenly tune, harsh-sounding,			Melodious discord, heavenly melody, hard -sounding,
Ear's deep-sweet music, and heart's deep-sore wounding.			The deep -sweet music of the ear and the deep -quending wounds of the heart.
Had I no eyes but ears, my ears would love 433			If I had no eyes out of the ears, my ears would love it 433
That inward beauty and invisible;			This inner beauty and invisible;
Or were I deaf, thy outward parts would move			Or would I be deaf, your outer parts would move
Each part in me that were but sensible: 436			Every part in me, which was reasonable: 436
Though neither eyes nor ears, to hear nor see,			Although neither eyes nor ears to hear or see
Yet should I be in love by touching thee.			But I should be in love by touching you.
Say, that the sense of feeling were bereft me,			Say that the feeling of feeling was cleaned up to me,
And that I could not see, nor hear, nor touch, 440			And that I couldn't see or hear, or touch, 440
And nothing but the very smell were left me,			And nothing but the smell was left to me
Yet would my love to thee be still as much;			But my love for you would still be the same;
For from the stillitory of thy face excelling			Because from the standstill of your face is characterized
Comes breath perfum'd that breedeth love by smelling.			Comes breath perfume that brews love by smelling.
But O! what banquet wert thou to the taste, 445			But O! What a banquet you have a taste, 445
Being nurse and feeder of the other four;			Be the nurse and feeder of the other four;
Would they not wish the feast might ever last,			Wouldn't you want the festival could ever take
And bid Suspicion double-lock the door,			And suspect the door twice,
Lest Jealousy, that sour unwelcome guest,			So that jealousy, this acidic undesirable guest,
Should, by his stealing in, disturb the feast?' 448			Should the festival disturb the festival through his theft? '448
Once more the ruby-colour'd portal open'd,			Open the rub -colored portal again,
Which to his speech did honey passage yield, 452			What showed the honey passage for his speech, 452
Like a red morn, that ever yet betoken'd			Like a red morning that is still cheated
Wrack to the seaman, tempest to the field,			To the sailor, storm on the field,
Sorrow to shepherds, woe unto the birds,			Grief to shepherds, hurt to the birds,
Gusts and foul flaws to herdmen and to herds. 456			Gusts and bad deficiencies to herd men and herds. 456
This ill presage advisedly she marketh:			This sick prerequisite that rated, Marketh:
Even as the wind is hush'd before it raineth,			Even if the wind is silent before it rains
Or as the wolf doth grin before he barketh,			Or like the wolf grin before he barks,
Or as the berry breaks before it staineth, 460			Or how the berry breaks before it turns, 460
Or like the deadly bullet of a gun,			Or like the fatal ball of a weapon,
His meaning struck her ere his words begun.			She hit its meaning before his words began.
And at his look she flatly falleth down			And on his look she falls down circular
For looks kill love, and love by looks reviveth; 464			For look kill love and love through appearance reviveth; 464
A smile recures the wounding of a frown;			A smile repeats the wounding of a frown;
But blessed bankrupt, that by love so thriveth!			But blessed bankrupt, through love so thriveth!
The silly boy, believing she is dead			The stupid boy who believes that she is dead
Claps her pale cheek, till clapping makes it red; 468			Slaps her pale cheek until the clap makes it red; 468
And all amaz'd brake off his late intent,			And all Amazs would brake from its late intentions,
For sharply he did think to reprehend her,			Because he thought sharply to understand her again,
Which cunning love did wittily prevent:			Which clever love prevented funny:
Fair fall the wit that can so well defend her! 472			Fair case the joke that can defend it so well! 472
For on the grass she lies as she were slain			Because she lies on the grass when she was killed
Till his breath breatheth life in her again.			Life in her again until his Attachtmatser.
He wrings her nose, he strikes her on the cheeks,			He struggles his nose, he hits her cheeks
He bends her fingers, holds her pulses hard, 476			He turns his fingers, keeps her impulses hard, 476
He chafes her lips; a thousand ways he seeks			He looks her lips; A thousand options as he is looking for
To mend the hurt that his unkindness marr'd:			To repair the injuries that his unfriendliness made:
He kisses her; and she, by her good will,			He kisses her; And she, through their good will,
Will never rise, so he will kiss her still. 480			Will never rise, so he will still kiss her. 480
The night of sorrow now is turn'd to day:			The night of grief will now turn until the day:
Her two blue windows faintly she up-heaveth,			Your two blue windows, which lifts weakly, lifts,
Like the fair sun, when in his fresh array			Like the beautiful sun when in its fresh array
He cheers the morn, and all the world relieveth: 484			He cheers the morning and the whole world relies: 484
And as the bright sun glorifies the sky,			And how the bright sun glorifies the sky,
So is her face illumin'd with her eye;			So her face is illuminated with her eye;
Whose beams upon his hairless face are fix'd,			Whose bars are attached to his hairless face,
As if from thence they borrow'd all their shine. 488			As if they all borrowed their shine from there. 488
Were never four such lamps together mix'd,			Were never four such lamps together, mixed,
Had not his clouded with his brow's repine;			Had didn't cloud his forehead with the repine;
But hers, which through the crystal tears gave light			But theirs who gave light through the crystal cracks
Shone like the moon in water seen by night. 492			Like the moon in the water that was seen at night. 492
O! where am I?' quoth she, 'in earth or heaven,			Ö! where am I?' Quoth you, 'in the earth or in heaven,
Or in the ocean drench'd, or in the fire?			Or soaked in the ocean or in the fire?
What hour is this? or morn or weary even?			What hour is that? or even captivates or even tired?
Do I delight to die, or life desire? 496			Do I enjoy dying or desiring life? 496
But now I liv'd, and life was death's annoy;			But now I lived and life was the death of death;
But now I died, and death was lively joy.			But now I died and death was lively joy.
O! thou didst kill me; kill me once again:			Ö! You have killed me; Kill me again:
Thy eyes' shrewd tutor, that hard heart of thine, 500			The clever tutor of her eyes, this hard heart of yours, 500
Hath taught them scornful tricks, and such disdain,			Has taught them contemptuous tricks and such contempt,
That they have murder'd this poor heart of mine;			That they murdered this poor heart from me;
And these mine eyes, true leaders to their queen,			And these mines, true guide of her queen,
But for thy piteous lips no more had seen. 504			But no longer saw for your pitiful lips. 504
Long may they kiss each other for this cure!			You may kiss for this healing for a long time!
O! never let their crimson liveries wear;			Ö! Never let your purple paints wear;
And as they last, their verdure still endure,			And the last time you have, your ortal still remains
To drive infection from the dangerous year: 508			Tax infections from the dangerous year: 508
That the star-gazers, having writ on death,			That the star gazers that were written about death,
May say, the plague is banish'd by thy breath.			May the plague be banished by your breath.
Pure lips, sweet seals in my soft lips imprinted,			Pure lips, sweet seals shaped in my soft lips,
What bargains may I make, still to be sealing? 512			Which bargains can I seal? 512
To sell myself I can be well contented,			To sell myself, I can be well satisfied
So thou wilt buy and pay and use good dealing;			So you will buy and pay and use well the other way around;
Which purchase if thou make, for fear of slips			Which purchase, if you do, for fear of slipping
Set thy seal-manual on my wax-red lips. 516			Place your SEAL manual on my wax-red lips. 516
A thousand kisses buys my heart from me;			My heart buys a thousand kisses;
And pay them at thy leisure, one by one.			And pay them one after the other in their free time.
What is ten hundred touches unto thee?			What is ten hundred touches for you?
Are they not quickly told and quickly gone? 520			Are you not told quickly and went quickly? 520
Say, for non-payment that the debt should double,			Say, for the non -payment that the debts should double,
Is twenty hundred kisses such a trouble?'			Is twenty hundred kisses such a problem? '
Fair queen,' quoth he, 'if any love you owe me,			Fair queen, 'Quoth he', if someone loves you, do you blame me,
Measure my strangeness with my unripe years: 524			Measure my strangeness with my immature years: 524
Before I know myself, seek not to know me;			Before I know myself, try not to know me.
No fisher but the ungrown fry forbears:			Not a fisherman, but the unintentional roast has broken off:
The mellow plum doth fall, the green sticks fast,			The mild plum falls, the green sticks quickly, quickly, quickly,
Or being early pluck'd is sour to taste. 528			Or can taste early. 528
Look! the world's comforter, with weary gait			Looks! The duvet of the world with tired gang
His day's hot task hath ended in the west;			The hot task of his day ended in the west;
The owl, night's herald, shrieks, 'tis very late;			The owl, night, screeches, it's very late;
The sheep are gone to fold, birds to their nest, 532			The sheep went to fold, birds to their nest, 532
And coal-black clouds that shadow heaven's light			And carbon contested that shadows the light of the sky
Do summon us to part, and bid good night.			Summon us to separate and offer a good night.
Now let me say good night, and so say you;			Let me say a good night now and so say it;
If you will say so, you shall have a kiss.' 536			If you say this, you will have a kiss. '536
Good night,' quoth she; and ere he says adieu,			Good night, «quoth her; and um he says carefully,
The honey fee of parting tender'd is:			The honey fee of the farewell offer is:
Her arms do lend his neck a sweet embrace;			Her arms borrow a sweet hug to his neck;
Incorporate then they seem, face grows to face. 540			Then integrate, then they seem to grow, the face grows. 540
Till, breathless, he disjoin'd, and backward drew			Until, breathless, he closed and pulled backwards and pulled
The heavenly moisture, that sweet coral mouth,			The heavenly moisture, this sweet coral mouth,
Whose precious taste her thirsty lips well knew,			Their precious tastes of their thirsty lips well,
Whereon they surfeit, yet complain on drouth: 544			However, they are exaggerated and complain to Drouth: 544
He with her plenty press'd, she faint with dearth,			He with her big press, she was weak with deficiency,
Their lips together glu'd, fall to the earth.			Her lips fell onto the earth.
Now quick desire hath caught the yielding prey,			Now the flexible prey has caught faster,
And glutton-like she feeds, yet never filleth; 548			And but never fills like she feeds; 548
Her lips are conquerors, his lips obey,			Her lips are conquerors, obey his lips,
Paying what ransom the insulter willeth;			Pay what the insult fulfills;
Whose vulture thought doth pitch the price so high,			Whose vulture thought that the price increased so high,
That she will draw his lips' rich treasure dry. 552			That she will dry the rich treasure of his lips. 552
And having felt the sweetness of the spoil,			And the sweetness of the prey felt
With blindfold fury she begins to forage;			She begins to look for with Blindfold Fury;
Her face doth reek and smoke, her blood doth boil,			Your face bumps and smokes, you cook, cook, cook,
And careless lust stirs up a desperate courage; 556			And careless lust causes desperate courage; 556
Planting oblivion, beating reason back,			Planting Oblivion, base back, back,
Forgetting shame's pure blush and honour's wrack.			Scham's pure blush and honorary man from shame.
Hot, faint, and weary, with her hard embracing,			Hot, weak and tired, with her hard hug,
Like a wild bird being tam'd with too much handling,			How a wild bird is tamed with too much handling,
Or as the fleet-foot roe that's tir'd with chasing, 561			Or like the fleet foot rogen, which is chased with hunting, 561
Or like the froward infant still'd with dandling,			Or like the Froward -Sugling, which was still with the dand,
He now obeys, and now no more resisteth,			He obeys now and no longer resist
While she takes all she can, not all she listeth. 564			While she takes everything she can, not everything she lists. 564
What wax so frozen but dissolves with tempering,			Which wax is so frozen, but dissolved with temperature,
And yields at last to every light impression?			And finally caused every light impression?
Things out of hope are compass'd oft with venturing,			Things outside of hope are often summarized with the waging,
Chiefly in love, whose leave exceeds commission: 568			Mainly in love, whose vacation exceeds the commission: 568
Affection faints not like a pale-fac'd coward,			Affection not passed out like a bright coward, coward,
But then woos best when most his choice is froward.			But then the best thing to do when most of his choice are Froward.
When he did frown, O! had she then gave over,			When he frowned, o! Then she handed over
Such nectar from his lips she had not suck'd. 572			Such a nectar of his lips that she hadn't sucked. 572
Foul words and frowns must not repel a lover;			Four words and frowns must not ward off a lover;
What though the rose have prickles, yet 'tis pluck'd:			Which, even though the rose have spines, plucked ties:
Were beauty under twenty locks kept fast,			Were kept quickly under twenty locks,
Yet love breaks through and picks them all at last.			But love breaks through and finally takes it out.
For pity now she can no more detain him; 577			For pity she can no longer capture him; 577
The poor fool prays her that he may depart:			The poor fool prays her that he can leave:
She is resolv'd no longer to restrain him,			She should no longer hold him back to hold him back,
Bids him farewell, and look well to her heart, 580			Offers him goodbye and look at your heart, 580
The which, by Cupid's bow she doth protest,			What she protests through Cupid's sheet protests, she protests,
He carries thence incaged in his breast.			He wears from there in his chest.
Sweet boy,' she says, 'this night I'll waste in sorrow,			Sweet boy, "she says," I will waste this night in mourning,
For my sick heart commands mine eyes to watch. 584			Because my sick heart commands my eyes to watch. 584
Tell me, Love's master, shall we meet to-morrow			Tell me, the master of love, we should meet tomorrow
Say, shall we? shall we? wilt thou make the match?'			Do you say, should we? should we? Do you want to do the match? '
He tells her, no; to-morrow he intends			He tells her, no; Tomorrow he intends
To hunt the boar with certain of his friends. 588			Chase the boar with certain of his friends. 588
The boar!' quoth she; whereat a sudden pale,			The boar! 'Quoth you; Wohat suddenly pale,
Like lawn being spread upon the blushing rose,			How lawns are spread to the blushing rose,
Usurps her cheeks, she trembles at his tale,			Usurps her cheeks, she trembles in his history,
And on his neck her yoking arms she throws: 592			And on his neck she throws her yoke arms: 592
She sinketh down, still hanging by his neck,			She sinks down and still hangs on his neck.
He on her belly falls, she on her back.			He falls on her stomach, she on his back.
Now is she in the very lists of love,			Now she is in the lists of love
Her champion mounted for the hot encounter: 596			Her champion assembled for the hot encounter: 596
All is imaginary she doth prove,			Everything is imaginary that she proves
He will not manage her, although he mount her;			He won't make her even though he rises her;
That worse than Tantalus' is her annoy,			The worse than tantalus is her trouble.
To clip Elysium and to lack her joy. 600			To clamp Elysium and to lack their joy. 600
Even as poor birds, deceiv'd with painted grapes,			Also as poor birds, deceived with painted grapes,
Do surfeit by the eye and pine the maw,			Surf through the eye and pine the mass,
Even so she languisheth in her mishaps,			Nevertheless, she pouts in her breakdown
As those poor birds that helpless berries saw. 604			Like these poor birds, who saw helpless berries. 604
The warm effects which she in him finds missing,			The warm effects she finds in him misses,
She seeks to kindle with continual kissing.			She tries to ignite with constant kissing.
But all in vain, good queen, it will not be:			But for nothing, good queen, it won't be:
She hath assay'd as much as may be prov'd; 608			She examined as much as 608
Her pleading hath deserv'd a greater fee;			Your plea deserves a larger fee;
She's Love, she loves, and yet she is not lov'd.			She is love, she loves and yet she is not loved.
Fie, fie!' he says, 'you crush me; let me go;			Fie, fie! 'He says: "You crush me; Let me go;
You have no reason to withhold me so.' 612			You have no reason to hold back like this. '612
Thou hadst been gone,' quoth she, 'sweet boy, ere this,			You were gone, 'quoth her', sweet boy before that,
But that thou told'st me thou wouldst hunt the boar.			But that you said you would hunt the pig.
O! be advis'd; thou know'st not what it is			Ö! Be advis'd; You don't know what it is
With javelin's point a churlish swine to gore, 616			Spee there's Poty Poty it waay huy swee Toce, 61
Whose tushes never sheath'd he whetteth still,			Whose tüsches never still, whetteth, still,
Like to a mortal butcher, bent to kill.			As with a mortal butcher, killed bent.
On his bow-back he hath a battle set			He has a battle rate on his back
Of bristly pikes, that ever threat his foes; 620			Of bristly handles that always mean his enemies; 620
His eyes like glow-worms shine when he doth fret;			His eyes shine like fireforms when he is annoyed;
His snout digs sepulchres where'er he goes;			His snout digs sepulchres where he goes;
Being mov'd, he strikes whate'er is in his way,			To be moved, he strikes that he is in his way,
And whom he strikes his crooked tushes slay. 624			And who he beats his crooked Tushes killings. 624
His brawny sides, with hairy bristles arm'd,			His muscles
Are better proof than thy spear's point can enter;			Are better evidence than the spear point can occur;
His short thick neck cannot be easily harm'd;			His short thick neck cannot be easily damaged;
Being ireful, on the lion he will venture: 628			Be irful, on the lion he will dare: 628
The thorny brambles and embracing bushes,			The thorny blackberry and hug,
As fearful of him, part, through whom he rushes.			As afraid of him, part he hurts.
Alas! he nought esteems that face of thine,			Oh! He does not give your face from yours,
To which Love's eyes pay tributary gazes; 632			To what eyes the eyes of love co -leaves pay; 632
Nor thy soft hands, sweet lips, and crystal eyne,			Still your soft hands, sweet lips and crystallyne,
Whose full perfection all the world amazes;			Whose full perfection surprises the whole world;
But having thee at vantage, wondrous dread!			But with you, miraculous fear!
Would root these beauties as he roots the mead.			Would root these beauties as he rooted the mead.
O! let him keep his loathsome cabin still; 637			Ö! Let him still keep his hideous cabin; 637
Beauty hath nought to do with such foul fiends:			The beauty has nothing to do with such evils:
Come not within his danger by thy will;			Do not come through your will in his danger;
They that thrive well take counsel of their friends.			Those who thrive well accept their friends well.
When thou didst name the boar, not to dissemble,			If you have called the boar so as not to refuse
I fear'd thy fortune, and my joints did tremble.			I'm afraid, your happiness, and my joints trembled.
Didst thou not mark my face? was it not white?			Didn't you mark my face? Wasn't it white?
Saw'st thou not signs of fear lurk in mine eye? 644			Have you seen that you don't have any signs of fear in my eye? 644
Grew I not faint? And fell I not downright?			I am not fainting? And didn't I fell?
Within my bosom, whereon thou dost lie,			In my breast where you are lying
My boding heart pants, beats, and takes no rest,			My body's heart pants, strikes and does not rest,
But, like an earthquake, shakes thee on my breast.			But like an earthquake shakes you on my chest.
For where Love reigns, disturbing Jealousy 649			Because where love prevails, jealousy is bothered by 649
Doth call himself Affection's sentinel;			Is called the Sentinel of affection;
Gives false alarms, suggesteth mutiny,			If there are false alarms, the mutiny suggests,
And in a peaceful hour doth cry "Kill, kill!" 652			And in a peaceful hour "killing, killing!" 652
Distempering gentle Love in his desire,			Wisperation gentle love in his wish,
As air and water do abate the fire.			When air and water dismantle the fire.
This sour informer, this bate-breeding spy,			This acidic informant, this bate-breeding spy,
This canker that eats up Love's tender spring, 656			This cancer who eats the delicate spring of Love, 656,
This carry-tale, dissentious Jealousy,			This carry-valley, female jealousy,
That sometime true news, sometime false doth bring,			That at some point true news, at some point wrong, bring,
Knocks at my heart, and whispers in mine ear			Knocks my heart and whispers into my ear
That if I love thee, I thy death should fear: 660			This, if I love you, should fear your death: 660
And more than so, presenteth to mine eye			And more than so, presents to my eye
The picture of an angry-chafing boar,			The image of an angry Ebern,
Under whose sharp fangs on his back doth lie			Lie under his sharp fangs on his back
An image like thyself, all stain'd with gore; 664			A picture like yourself, everything stained with gore; 664
Whose blood upon the fresh flowers being shed			Whose blood can be shed on the fresh flowers
Doth make them droop with grief and hang the head.			They let them cope with grief and head.
What should I do, seeing thee so indeed,			What should I do to see you in such a way that
That tremble at the imagination? 668			The tremor with the imagination? 668
The thought of it doth make my faint heart bleed,			The thought of it lets my weak heart bleed,
And fear doth teach it divination:			And fear teaches fortune telling:
I prophesy thy death, my living sorrow,			I predicted your death, my lively grief,
If thou encounter with the boar to-morrow. 672			If you meet the boar tomorrow. 672
But if thou needs wilt hunt, be rul'd by me;			But if you need Wilt Hunt, it was regulated by me;
Uncouple at the timorous flying hare,			Abkopplung am Timous Flying Hase,
Or at the fox which lives by subtilty,			Or on the fox that lives from subtle,
Or at the roe which no encounter dare: 676			Or on the roe, which does not dare to meet: 676
Pursue these fearful creatures o'er the downs,			Follow these anxious creatures over the depths,
And on thy well-breath'd horse keep with thy hound.			And keep your dog on your well -worn horse.
And when thou hast on foot the purblind hare,			And if you have rabbits on foot,
Mark the poor wretch, to overshoot his troubles 680			Mark the poor misery to overflow its problems 680
How he outruns the winds, and with what care			How he follows the wind and with what care
He cranks and crosses with a thousand doubles:			He turns and crosses with a thousand doubles:
The many musits through the which he goes			The many music he goes
Are like a labyrinth to amaze his foes. 684			Are like a labyrinth to surprise his enemies. 684
Sometime he runs among a flock of sheep,			At some point he runs under a flock of sheep
To make the cunning hounds mistake their smell,			So that the cunning dogs can confuse their smell,
And sometime where earth-delving conies keep,			And at some point where the earth's herbs keep,
To stop the loud pursuers in their yell, 688			The loud pursuers in their screams, 688
And sometime sorteth with a herd of deer;			And at some point sorted with a stiff focly;
Danger deviseth shifts, wit waits on fear:			Danger Deviseth shifts, joke is waiting for fear:
For there his smell with others being mingled, 691			Because his smell with others who mixed, 691
The hot scent-snuffing hounds are driven to doubt,			The hot fragrance nuffing dogs will doubt to doubt,
Ceasing their clamorous cry till they have singled			Listen to your lying scream until you have bounded
With much ado the cold fault cleanly out;			With a lot of gluing the cold fault out;
Then do they spend their mouths: Echo replies,			Then spend your mouth out: Echo answers,
As if another chase were in the skies. 696			As if there was another chase in heaven. 696
By this, poor Wat, far off upon a hill,			Then poor water, far away on a hill,
Stands on his hinder legs with listening ear,			Stands on his hind legs with hearing pipe,
To hearken if his foes pursue him still:			To hear when his enemies still follow him:
Anon their loud alarums he doth hear; 700			Anon her loud alars that he does not hear; 700
And now his grief may be compared well			And now his grief can be compared well
To one sore sick that hears the passing bell.			To a sore sick who hears the passing bell.
Then shalt thou see the dew-bedabbled wretch			Then you should see the deaf bed end
Turn, and return, indenting with the way; 704			Turning and returning, including with the path; 704
Each envious briar his weary legs doth scratch,			Every jealous briar scratches his tired legs,
Each shadow makes him stop, each murmur stay:			Every shadow lets him stop, everyone stays:
For misery is trodden on by many,			Because misery is continued by many
And being low never reliev'd by any. 708			And being low, never relied by anyone. 708
Lie quietly, and hear a little more;			Lies quietly and listen to a little more;
Nay, do not struggle, for thou shalt not rise:			No, don't fight because you shouldn't rise:
To make thee hate the hunting of the boar,			So that the hunt of the Ebers lets you hate,
Unlike myself thou hear'st me moralize, 712			In contrast to me, you hear me moralized, 712
Applying this to that, and so to so;			Apply this and so on it;
For love can comment upon every woe.			Because love can comment on any suffering.
Where did I leave?' 'No matter where,' quoth he			Where did I go? '"No matter where," he quoth
Leave me, and then the story aptly ends: 716			Let me and then the story ends aptly: 716
The night is spent,' 'Why, what of that?' quoth she.			The night is spent "why, what is it?" Quoth you.
I am,' quoth he, 'expected of my friends;			I am 'Quoth he', expected from my friends;
And now 'tis dark, and going I shall fall.'			And now 'it's dark and go I'll fall.'
In night,' quoth she, 'desire sees best of all.' 720			At night "Quoth you" sees the best of everything. "720
But if thou fall, O! then imagine this,			But if you fall, o! Then imagine that
The earth, in love with thee, thy footing trips,			The earth, fall in love with you, your basic excursions,
And all is but to rob thee of a kiss. 723			And everything is just to rob yourself of a kiss. 723
Rich preys make true men thieves; so do thy lips			Rich civil servants make real men thieves; So make your lips
Make modest Dian cloudy and forlorn,			Made modest dian -clouded and leave,
Lest she should steal a kiss and die forsworn.			So that she shouldn't steal a kiss and die at previous.
Now of this dark night I perceive the reason:			Now on this dark night I perceive the reason:
Cynthia for shame obscures her silver shine 728			Cynthia for shame hides her silver gloss 728
Till forging Nature be condemn'd of treason,			Be condemned to the forging of nature, from betrayal,
For stealing moulds from heaven that were divine;			To steal shapes from heaven that were divine;
Wherein she fram'd thee in high heaven's despite,			Although she attached you in the high sky despite the sky,
To shame the sun by day and her by night. 732			The sun at day and to shake it at night. 732
And therefore hath she brib'd the Destinies,			And that's why she buried fate
To cross the curious workmanship of nature			To exceed the strange processing of nature
To mingle beauty with infirmities,			Mix beauty with a cross,
And pure perfection with impure defeature; 736			And pure perfection with impure defeat; 736
Making it subject to the tyranny			It is subject to tyranny
Of mad mischances and much misery;			Of crazy attitudes and a lot of misery;
As burning fevers, agues pale and faint,			Agues and weak, weak, weak, as a burning fever,
Life-poisoning pestilence and frenzies wood, 740			Life poisoning pestilence and Frenzies Wood, 740
The marrow-eating sickness, whose attains			The Marrow -eating disease, its achievements
Disorder breeds by heating of the blood;			Disorder breeds by heating the blood;
Surfeits, imposthumes, grief, and damn'd despair,			Surfet, imposthum, grief and damn desperate,
Swear nature's death for framing thee so fair. 744			Swear, the death of nature to make you so fair. 744
And not the least of all these maladies			And last but not least from all these diseases
But in one minute's fight brings beauty under:			But in a minute the fight puts beauty under:
Both favour, savour hue, and qualities,			Both reasons, enjoy Hue and qualities,
Whereat the impartial gazer late did wonder, 748			While the referee gazer was amazed at, 748
Are on the sudden wasted, thaw'd and done,			Are on the sudden wasted, thawed and done,
As mountain-snow melts with the mid-day sun.			As a bergsnow melts with the midday sun.
Therefore, despite of fruitless chastity,			Hence despite fruitless chastity,
Love-lacking vestals and self-loving nuns, 752			Love-Lacking Vestals and self-loving nuns, 752
That on the earth would breed a scarcity			That on earth would create a scarcity
And barren dearth of daughters and of sons,			And sterile lack of daughters and sons,
Be prodigal: the lamp that burns by night			Be lost: the lamp that burns at night
Dries up his oil to lend the world his light. 756			Dry out its oil to borrow its light to the world. 756
What is thy body but a swallowing grave,			What is your body, but a swallowing grave,
Seeming to bury that posterity			Seem to bury these posterity
Which by the rights of time thou needs must have,			Which ones do you have to have according to the time rights
If thou destroy them not in dark obscurity? 760			If you don't destroy it in dark darkness? 760
If so, the world will hold thee in disdain,			If so, the world will keep you contempt
Sith in thy pride so fair a hope is slain.			Sith in your pride so fair that hope is killed.
So in thyself thyself art made away;			So moved away in your art art;
A mischief worse than civil home-bred strife, 764			A disaster worse than a civilian dispute, 764
Or theirs whose desperate hands themselves do slay,			Or their whose desperate hands kill themselves,
Or butcher-sire that reeves his son of life.			Or butcher-sire, who rekinds his son of life.
Foul-cankering rust the hidden treasure frets,			Foul closing rust the hidden treasure stages,
But gold that's put to use more gold begets.' 768			But gold that uses more gold testifies. '768
Nay then,' quoth Adon, 'you will fall again			No, then 'Quoth Adon', you will fall again
Into your idle over-handled theme;			In her idle overarching topic;
The kiss I gave you is bestow'd in vain,			The kiss I gave you in vain,
And all in vain you strive against the stream; 772			And everything strive against the current for nothing; 772
For by this black-fac'd night, desire's foul nurse,			Because through this black night, desire's foul nurse,
Your treatise makes me like you worse and worse.			Your treatise makes me worse and worse.
If love have lent you twenty thousand tongues,			When love has borrowed twenty thousand tongues,
And every tongue more moving than your own, 776			And every tongue that moves more than its own, 776
Bewitching like the wanton mermaid's songs,			Satisfactory as the songs of the Wanton Mermaid,
Yet from mine ear the tempting tune is blown;			But the tempting melody is blown out of my ear;
For know, my heart stands armed in mine ear,			To know my heart is armed in my ear
And will not let a false sound enter there; 780			And does not let false sound occur there; 780
Lest the deceiving harmony should run			So that the deceptive harmony should not run
Into the quiet closure of my breast;			In the quiet end of my chest;
And then my little heart were quite undone,			And then my little heart was pretty undone
In his bedchamber to be barr'd of rest. 784			In his sleeping pine to make himself out of rest. 784
No, lady, no; my heart longs not to groan,			No, lady, no; My heart doesn't long for groaning
But soundly sleeps, while now it sleeps alone.			But solidly sleeps while it is now sleeping alone.
What have you urg'd that I cannot reprove?			What do you have to do that I can't blame?
The path is smooth that leadeth on to danger; 790			The path is smooth that leads to danger; 790
I hate not love, but your device in love			I don't hate love, but your device in love
That lends embracements unto every stranger.			This gives every foreign commitment.
You do it for increase: O strange excuse!			You do it to increase: o strange apology!
When reason is the bawd to lust's abuse. 792			If the BAWD is due to abuse of lust. 792
Call it not, love, for Love to heaven is fled,			Don't call it, love, for the love of heaven has fled, has fled,
Since sweating Lust on earth usurp'd his name;			Since sweating the desire for earth, its name users;
Under whose simple semblance he hath fed			Under his simple appearance he fed
Upon fresh beauty, blotting it with blame; 796			After fresh beauty to blame it; 796
Which the hot tyrant stains and soon bereaves,			What the hot tyrant stains and soon swads,
As caterpillars do the tender leaves.			Like caterpillars, the delicate leaves make.
Love comforteth like sunshine after rain,			Love consoles rain like sunshine,
But Lust's effect is tempest after sun; 800			But lusts effect is storm after the sun; 800
Love's gentle spring doth always fresh remain,			The gentle spring of love is always fresh,
Lust's winter comes ere summer half be done.			Lusts winter comes before the summer half is done.
Love surfeits not, Lust like a glutton dies;			Love does not surf like a foller dies;
Love is all truth, Lust full of forged lies. 804			Love is all truth, pleasure full of forged lies. 804
More I could tell, but more I dare not say;			I could say more, but I don't dare to say more;
The text is old, the orator too green.			The text is old, the speaker too green.
Therefore, in sadness, now I will away;			Therefore I am getting away in sadness;
My face is full of shame, my heart of teen: 808			My face is full of shame, my heart of teen: 808
Mine ears, that to your wanton talk attended			My ears, present for your willful conversation
Do burn themselves for having so offended.'			Burn because they are so offended. '
With this he breaketh from the sweet embrace 811			He breaks down from the sweet hug 811
Of those fair arms which bound him to her breast,			Of these beautiful arms that bang him on their chest,
And homeward through the dark laund runs apace;			And apace runs home through the dark laundry;
Leaves Love upon her back deeply distress'd.			The love on her back is deeply worrying.
Look, how a bright star shooteth from the sky			Look as a light star shoots from the sky
So glides he in the night from Venus' eye; 816			So he slides from Venus' eye on the night; 816
Which after him she darts, as one on shore			What gives way after him, like one on the bank
Gazing upon a late-embarked friend,			Look at a late sensitive friend,
Till the wild waves will have him seen no more,			Until the wild waves didn't see him anymore
Whose ridges with the meeting clouds contend: 820			Whose burrs with the meeting clouds claim: 820
So did the merciless and pitchy night			So also the merciless and pitchy night
Fold in the object that did feed her sight.			Fold the object that fed your eyesight.
Whereat amaz'd, as one that unaware			Wohat Amazing as one who is not aware of
Hath dropp'd a precious jewel in the flood, 824			Has a precious jewel in the flood, 824, 824
Or 'stonish'd as night-wanderers often are,			Or "are often stally as night hikers,
Their light blown out in some mistrustful wood;			Its light blow in a suspicious wood;
Even so confounded in the dark she lay,			Nevertheless, she confuses in the dark that she lay
Having lost the fair discovery of her way. 828			The fair discovery of their path lost. 828
And now she beats her heart, whereat it groans,			And now she beats her heart where it groanes
That all the neighbour caves, as seeming troubled,			That all neighbors caves, to be worried,
Make verbal repetition of her moans;			Make verbal repetition of your moan;
Passion on passion deeply is redoubled: 832			Passion for passion deeply doubled: 832
Ay me!' she cries, and twenty times, 'Woe, woe!'			Ay me! ' She cries and twenty times 'hurt, hurt!'
And twenty echoes twenty times cry so.			And twenty echoes twenty times.
She marking them, begins a wailing note,			She marks it, begins a howling note,
And sings extemporally a woeful ditty; 836			And sings relentlessly a sad ditty; 836
How love makes young men thrall and old men dote;			How dear young men gets to clever and old men;
How love is wise in folly foolish-witty:			How love is stupid in folly:
Her heavy anthem still concludes in woe,			Her heavy hymn still ends in pain
And still the choir of echoes answer so. 840			And still the choir of the Echos replies. 840
Her song was tedious, and outwore the night,			Her song was boring and left the night.
For lovers' hours are long, though seeming short:			For the hours of lovers, the hours are long, although it seems short:
If pleas'd themselves, others, they think, delight			If you think yourself, others, are enjoying
In such like circumstance, with such like sport: 844			Under similar circumstances, like sports: 844
Their copious stories, oftentimes begun,			Their abundant stories often started
End without audience, and are never done.			End without audience and are never finished.
For who hath she to spend the night withal,			For who she has the night with
But idle sounds resembling parasites; 848			But idle noises that resemble parasites; 848
Like shrill-tongu'd tapsters answering every call,			Like shrill -tag tapsters who answer every call,
Soothing the humour of fantastic wits?			Do you calm down the humor of fantastic mind?
She says, ''Tis so:' they answer all, ''Tis so;'			She says: "It:" You all answer "," it is so; "
And would say after her, if she said 'No'. 852			And would tell her after her if she said 'No'. 852
Lo! here the gentle lark, weary of rest,			Lo! Here is the gentle lark, tired of calm,
From his moist cabinet mounts up on high,			From his damp closet, high, up, high,
And wakes the morning, from whose silver breast			And wakes up in the morning, whose silver chest
The sun ariseth in his majesty; 856			The sun applies in its majesty; 856
Who doth the world so gloriously behold,			Whoever sees the world so wonderful looks at
That cedar-tops and hills seem burnish'd gold.			That cedar and hill appear golden fuss.
Venus salutes him with this fair good morrow:			Venus welcomes him with this fair good Morrow:
O thou clear god, and patron of all light, 860			O You delete God and patron of the entire light, 860
From whom each lamp and shining star doth borrow			From who borrow every lamp and every shiny star
The beauteous influence that makes him bright,			The beautiful influence that makes him bright
There lives a son that suck'd an earthly mother,			There is a son who sucked an earthly mother,
May lend thee light, as thou dost lend to other'			Can borrow light on how you give it to others'
This said, she hasteth to a myrtle grove, 865			That means she has a Myrtle Grove, 865
Musing the morning is so much o'erworn,			Thinking the morning is so much unnecessary
And yet she hears no tidings of her love;			And yet she doesn't hear any news of her love;
She hearkens for his hounds and for his horn: 868			She hears for his dogs and for his horn: 868
Anon she hears them chant it lustily,			Anon, she hears them lustfully, they sing,
And all in haste she coasteth to the cry.			And all in a hurry, she fights for the cry.
And as she runs, the bushes in the way			And while she runs, the bushes in the way
Some catch her by the neck, some kiss her face, 872			Some catch them on the neck, others kiss their face, 872
Some twine about her thigh to make her stay:			A few cord over her thigh so that she stays:
She wildly breaketh from their strict embrace,			She breaks wildly out of her strict hug,
Like a milch doe, whose swelling dugs do ache,			Like a milk doe, whose swelling pain, pain,
Hasting to feed her fawn hid in some brake. 876			Did you hide your fawn in a little brake. 876
By this she hears the hounds are at a bay;			In this way she hears the dogs in a bay;
Whereat she starts, like one that spies an adder			Where does it start, like one who spies on an addierer
Wreath'd up in fatal folds just in his way,			Get in fatal wrinkles, only in the way,
The fear whereof doth make him shake and shudder;			The fear from which he shakes and shines;
Even so the timorous yelping of the hounds 881			Still the time calling of the Hounds 881
Appals her senses, and her spirit confounds.			Erleed her senses and her spirit confused.
For now she knows it is no gentle chase,			At the moment she knows that it is not a gentle chase
But the blunt boar, rough bear, or lion proud, 884			But the blunt bear, the rough bear or the lion proud, 884
Because the cry remaineth in one place,			Because the cry remains in a place
Wilere fearfully the dogs exclaim aloud:			The dogs call out more sophisticated:
Finding their enemy to be so curst,			To find their enemy in order to be curst
They all strain courtesy who shall cope him first.			They all burden them with friendly approval, which is supposed to handle him first.
This dismal cry rings sadly in her ear, 889			This gloomy cry rings sadly in her ear, 889
Througll which it enters to surprise her heart;			Througll, what it goes to surprise her heart;
Who, overcome by doubt and bloodless fear,			Who, overwhelmed by doubts and bloodless fear,
With cold-pale weakness numbs each feeling part;			With cold weakness deaf deaf every feeling;
Like soldiers, when their captain once doth yield,			How soldiers, if your captain can reveal,
They basely fly and dare not stay the field.			They fly BAS and do not dare to stay the field.
Thus stands she in a trembling ecstasy,			So she stands in a trembling ecstasy
Till, cheering up her senses sore dismay'd, 896			Until, cheering on their senses, it hurt to disappoint 896, 896
She tells them 'tis a causeless fantasy,			She tells you a causal imagination
And childish error, that they are afraid;			And childlike mistake that you are afraid;
Bids them leave quaking, bids them fear no more:			Offers them, let the break, they no longer feared:
And with that word she spied the hunted boar;			And with this word she spied on the hunted boar;
Whose frothy mouth bepainted all with red, 901			Whose foamy mouth everything with red, 901
Like milk and blood being mingled both together,			How milk and blood mix together, both together,
A second fear through all her sinews spread,			A second fear of all of her tendons spread,
Which madly hurries her she knows not whither: 904			What hurries her insanely, she doesn't know where: 904
This way she runs, and now she will no further,			In this way she runs, and now she won't get any further.
But back retires to rate the boar for murther.			But back withdraws to evaluate the boar for the middle.
A thousand spleens bear her a thousand ways,			They wear a thousand species a thousand spleen,
She treads the path that she untreads again; 908			She steps on the way that she picks up again; 908
Her more than haste is mated with delays,			Your more than hurry is paired with delays,
Like the proceedings of a drunken brain,			Like the process of a drunk brain,
Full of respects, yet nought at all respecting,			Full of respect, but not respected at all,
In hand with all things, nought at all effecting.			In hand with all things, nothing effective at all.
Here kennel'd in a brake she finds a hound, 913			Here she finds a dog in a brake, 913
And asks the weary caitiff for his master,			And asks the tired Caitiff for his master,
And there another licking of his wound,			And there another licks his wound,
Gainst venom'd sores the only sovereign plaster; 916			Profit poison profit, the only sovereign plaster; 916
And here she meets another sadly scowling,			And here she meets another, unfortunately creates,
To whom she speaks, and he replies with howling.			Who she speaks for and he answers with howling.
When he hath ceas'd his ill-resounding noise,			When he stopped his poorly gross sound,
Another flap-mouth'd mourner, black and grim, 920			Another flap-mouth murder, black and grim, 920
Against the welkin volleys out his voice;			Against the Wilkin Sea for his voice;
Another and another answer him,			Another and another answers him
Clapping their proud tails to the ground below,			Slap your proud cocks to the bottom,
Shaking their scratch'd ears, bleeding as they go.			Shake your scratching ears and bleed as you go.
Look, how the world's poor people are amaz'd 925			See how the poor people in the world are 925
At apparitions, signs, and prodigies,			In the case of appearances, signs and child prodigies,
Whereon with fearful eyes they long have gaz'd,			Although they have for a long time with anxious eyes,
Infusing them with dreadful prophecies; 928			Infuse them with terrible prophecies; 928
So she at these sad sighs draws up her breath,			So she puts on her breath in these sad sighs
And, sighing it again, exclaims on Death.			And calls to sigh again after death.
Hard-favour'd tyrant, ugly, meagre, lean, 931			HardfaArtes tyrant, ugly, lean, slim, 931
Hateful divorce of love,'--thus chides she Death,--			Hasser-filled divorce of love, '-S- she blames death,-
Grim-grinning ghost, earth's worm, what dost thou mean			Grim spirit, the worm of the earth what you mean
To stifle beauty and to steal his breath,			To suffocate beauty and steal your breath,
Who when he liv'd, his breath and beauty set			Who, when he lived, set his breath and beauty
Gloss on the rose, smell to the violet? 936			Slow on the rose, smell of violet? 936
If he be dead, O no! it cannot be,			If he is dead, o no! It can not be,
Seeing his beauty, thou shouldst strike at it;			If you see his beauty, you should look up;
O yes! it may; thou hast no eyes to see,			Oh yeah! it can; You have no eyes to see
But hatefully at random dost thou hit. 940			But has a random dost, you beat. 940
Thy mark is feeble age, but thy false dart			Your brand is weak age, but your wrong arrow
Mistakes that aim and cleaves an infant's heart.			Errors that aim and split a child's heart.
Hadst thou but bid beware, then he had spoke,			Did you have, but I had been careful, then he had spoken
And, hearing him, thy power had lost his power. 944			And heard him that your power had lost his power. 944
The Destinies will curse thee for this stroke;			The fates will curse you for this stroke;
They bid thee crop a weed, thou pluck'st a flower.			They offer you a weed, you have put a flower.
Love's golden arrow at him shoull have fled,			The golden arrow of love has fled him.
And not Death's ebon dart, to strike him dead. 948			And not the Ebon dart of death to kill him. 948
Dost thou drink tears, that thou provok'st such weeping?			Dost you drink tears that you cry like this?
What may a heavy groan advantage thee?			What can a heavy groan have an advantage?
Why hast thou cast into eternal sleeping			Why did you pour in eternal sleeping?
Those eyes that taught all other eyes to see? 952			To see these eyes that taught all other eyes? 952
Now Nature cares not for thy mortal vigour			Now nature does not take care of your mortal strength
Since her best work is ruin'd with thy rigour.'			Because your best work is ruined with your strict. '
Here overcome, as one full of despair,			Overcome here as one full of despair,
She vail'd her eyelids, who, like sluices, stopp'd 956			She had her eyelids, who had stopped 956 like mucous 956
The crystal tide that from her two cheeks fair			The crystal flood, that of their two cheeks fair fair
In the sweet channel of her bosom dropp'd			In the sweet channel of your breast
But through the flood-gates breaks the silver rain,			But due to the Flutsta gates breaks the silver rain,
And with his strong course opens them again. 960			And with his strong course it opens again. 960
O! how her eyes and tears did lend and borrow;			Ö! Like their eyes and tears, borrowed and borrowed;
Her eyes seen in the tears, tears in her eye;			Her eyes saw tears, tears in her eye;
Both crystals, where they view'd each other's sorrow,			Both crystals where they look at each other's grief,
Sorrow that friendly sighs sought still to dry; 964			Grief that friendly sighs were still looking for drying; 964
But like a stormy day, now wind, now rain,			But like a stormy day, now wind, now rain, rain, rain,
Sighs dry her cheeks, tears make them wet again.	Poor Milliscent		Sighing dry their cheeks, tears they get wet again.
	Must pray and repent:
Variable passions throng her constant woe,			Variable passions turn their constant hurt,
As striving who should best become her grief; 968			As a striving that should best become your grief; 968
All entertain'd, each passion labours so,			All entertain, every passion works like this,
That every present sorrow seemeth chief,			That every current mourning boss can be seen,
But none is best; then join they all together,			But none is best; Then they all join together
Like many clouds consulting for foul weather. 972			How many clouds advise for bad weather. 972
By this, far off she hears some huntsman holloa;			She hears far away, Huntsman Holloa;
A nurse's song no'er pleas'd her babe so well:			The song of a nurse is so well delighted by your baby:
The dire imagination she did follow			The bad imagination she followed
This sound of hope doth labour to expel; 976			This sound of hope has to spend the work; 976
For now reviving joy bids her rejoice,			At the moment the joy pretends to be happy
And flatters her it is Adonis' voice.			And flatter that it is Adonis' voice.
Whereat her tears began to turn their tide,			While their tears started to turn their tide,
Being prison'd in her eye, like pearls in glass; 980			To be a prison in her eye, like pearls in glass; 980
Yet sometimes falls an orient drop beside,			But sometimes an Orient drop falls next to it,
Which her cheek melts, as scorning it should pass			Which melts her cheek, how it decreases, you should pass
To wash the foul face of the sluttish ground,			Wash the bad face of the sluttic soil,
Who is but drunken when she seemeth drown'd.			But who is drunk when it seems drowning.
O hard-believing love! how strange it seems 985			O Hart -believing love! How strange it seems 985
Not to believe, and yet too credulous;			Not to believe and yet too shiny;
Thy weal and woe are both of them extremes;			Your weal and hurt are both extreme extremes;
Despair and hope make thee ridiculous: 988			Desperation and hope make you ridiculous: 988
The one doth flatter thee in thoughts unlikely,			The one is unlikely to flatter you in your thoughts,
In likely thoughts the other kills thee quickly.			In probable thoughts, the other kills you quickly.
Now she unweaves the web that she hath wrought,			Now she measures the web that she has decorated
Adonis lives, and Death is not to blame; 992			Adonis lives and death is not to blame; 992
It was not she that call'd him all to naught,			It was not her who had called him all to be nothing
Now she adds honours to his hateful name;			Now she adds to his hateful name;
She clepes him king of graves, and grave for kings,			She clamped him king of the graves and grave for kings.
Imperious supreme of all mortal things. 996			Imperious top of all mortals. 996
No, no,' quoth she, 'sweet Death, I did but jest;			No, no, 'quoth her', sweet death, I only joked;
Yet pardon me, I felt a kind of fear			But forgive me, I felt a kind of fear
Whenas I met the boar, that bloody beast,			When I met the boar, this bloody animal,
Which knows no pity, but is still severe; 1000			This does not know any pity, but is still serious; 1000
Then, gentle shadow,--truth I must confess--			Then, gentle shadow, truth, I have to admit ...
I rail'd on thee, fearing my love's decease.			I tied you to you and feared the death of my love.
Tis not my fault: the boar provok'd my tongue;			It is not my fault: the boar provokes my tongue;
Be wreak'd on him, invisible commander; 1004			Arrange on him, invisible commander; 1004
Tis he, foul creature, that hath done thee wrong;			It is he, a bad creature that made you wrong;
I did but act, he 's author of my slander:			I only acted, he is the author of my defamation:
Grief hath two tongues: and never woman yet,			Grief has two tongues: and never wife,
Could rule them both without ten women's wit.'			Could both rule without ten Frauenwitz. '
Thus hoping that Adonis is alive, 1009			So hope that Adonis lives 1009
Her rash suspect sile doth extenuate;			Your decisive suspect, Sile, tedious;
And that his beauty may the better thrive,			And that his beauty can thrive the better,
With Death she humbly doth insinuate; 1012			With death she interprets it humbly; 1012
Tells him of trophies, statues, tombs; and stories	Jesus daughter, Mary's child,		Tells him of trophies, statues, graves; and stories
His victories, his triumphs, and his glories.	Holy matron, woman mild,		His victories, his triumph and his glory.
	For thee a mass shall still be said,
O Jove!' quoth she, 'how much a fool was I,	Every sister drop a bead;		O jove! 'Quoth you, how much a fool I was,
To be of such a weak and silly mind 1016	And those again succeeding them		Of such a weak and silly spirit to be 1016
To wail his death who lives and must not die	For you shall sing a Requiem.		In order to cry his death, who lives and is not allowed to die
Till mutual overthrow of mortal kind;			To mutual fall of mortal kind;
For he being dead, with him is beauty slain,			Because he is dead, beauty is killed with him,
And, beauty dead, black chaos comes again. 1020			And beauty dead, black chaos comes back. 1020
Fie, fie, fond love! thou art so full of fear			Fie, fie, loving love! You are so full of fear
As one with treasure laden, hemm'd with thieves			As one with a treasure, celebrated with thieves
Trifles, unwitnessed with eye or ear,			Little things, unnoticed with the eye or ear,
Thy coward heart with false bethinking grieves.' 1024			Your coward with false cheating grief. '1024
Even at this word she hears a merry horn			Even with this word she hears a happy horn
Whereat she leaps that was but late forlorn.			As she jumped, it was only left late.
As falcon to the lure, away she flies;			As falcon to the bait, she flies away;
The grass stoops not, she treads on it so light; 1028			The grass does not bend, it appears so easily; 1028
And in her haste unfortunately spies			And unfortunately spied in their hurry
The foul boar's conquest on her fair delight;			The conquest of the foul pig about its fair joy;
Which seen, her eyes, as murder'd with the view,			The person seen, her eyes, murdered with the view,
Like stars asham'd of day, themselves withdrew:			Like stars Asham'd of Day, pulled back:
	May your happy soul be blithe,
Or, as the snail, whose tender horns being hit, 1033	That so truly pay your tithe:		Or like the snail, whose delicate horns are hit, 1033
Shrinks backwards in his shelly cave with pain,	He who many children gave,		Shrinks with pain back in his Shelly cave,
And there, all smother'd up, in shade doth sit,	Tis fit that he one child should have.		And there everything suffocated in shade, sits,
Long after fearing to creep forth again; 1036	Then, fair virgin, hear my spell,		Long after he feared to crawl out again; 1036
So, at his bloody view, her eyes are fled	For I must your duty tell.		So her eyes have fled from his bloody view
Into the deep dark cabills of her head;			In the deep dark cabbills of her head;
Where they resign their office and their light			Where you reset your office and your light
To the disposing of her troubled brain; 1040			To dispose of their restless brain; 1040
Who bids them still consort with ugly night,			Who still offered them together with ugly night,
And never wound the heart with looks again;	First, a mornings take your book,		And never wounded the heart with a view of the heart;
Who, like a king perplexed in his throne,	The glass wherein your self must look;		Who, like a king, amazed on his throne,
By their suggestion gives a deadly groan, 1044			Due to her proposal, a deadly moan gives 1044
Whereat each tributary subject quakes;			While every tributary image trembles;
As when the wind, imprison'd in the ground,			As if the wind, locked up in the ground,
Struggling for passage, earth's foundation shakes,			Fight for the passage, trembling the foundation of the earth,
Which with cold terror doth men's minds confound.			What confuse the men's thoughts with cold terror.
This mutiny each part doth so surprise 1049			This mutiny every part is so surprising 1049
That from their dark beds once more leap her eyes;			The one from her dark beds jumps again with the eyes;
And, being open'd, threw unwilling light			And to be open, threw unwilling light
Upon the wide wound that the boar had trench'd			On the wide wound that the boar had had
In his soft flank; whose wonted lily white 1053			In its soft flank; Their lily white 1053 won
With purple tears, that his wound wept, was drench'd:			With purple tears that his wound cried, soaked:
No flower was nigh, no grass, herb, leaf, or weed			No flower was close, no grass, herbs, leaf or weeds
But stole his blood and seem'd with him to bleed.			But steel his blood and seemed to bleed with him.
	You shall ring the sacring bell,
This solemn sympathy poor Venus noteth, 1057	Keep your hours, and tell your knell,		This solemn sympathy is bad Venus, 1057
Over one shoulder doth she hang her head,	Rise at midnight at your matins,		She hangs her head over a shoulder
Dumbly she passions, franticly she doteth;	Read your Psalter, sing your latins,		Stupid passions, desperate them;
She thinks he could not die, he is not dead: 1060	And when your blood shall kindle pleasure,		She thinks he couldn't die, he's not dead: 1060
Her voice is stopp'd, her joints forget to bow,	Scourge your self in plenteous measure.		Her voice is stopped to forget her joints to bow,
Her eyes are mad that they have wept till now.			Your eyes are angry that you have cried so far.
Upon his hurt she looks so steadfastly,			With his pain she looks so steadfast
That her sight dazzling makes the wound seem three;			That she gives her wound three;
And then she reprehends her mangling eye, 1065			And then she combines her maus -glinging eye, 1065
That makes more gashes where no breach should be:			That makes more cut where there should be no violation:
His face seems twain, each several limb is doubled;			His face seems two, every time it is doubled;
For oft the eye mistakes, the brain being troubled.			The brain is worried for the eye errors.
My tongue cannot express my grief for one, 1069			My tongue cannot express my grief for you, 1069
And yet,' quoth she, 'behold two Adons dead!			And yet, "Quoth you", see two Adons Dead!
My sighs are blown away, my salt tears gone,			My sighs are blown away, my salt tears disappeared,
Mine eyes are turn'd to fire, my heart to lead: 1072			My eyes are turned to fire to lead my heart: 1072
Heavy heart's lead, melt at mine eyes' red fire!			Lead heavy heart, melt on the red fire from Mine Eyes!
So shall I die by drops of hot desire.			So I should die by drops hot.
Alas! poor world, what treasure hast thou lost!			Oh! Poor world, what have you lost!
What face remains alive that's worth the viewing?			Which face remains alive that the consideration is worth?
Whose tongue is music now? what canst thou boast			Whose tongue is music now? What can you boast?
Of things long since, or anything ensuing? 1078	You must read the mornings mass,		From things for a long time or something that comes from it? 1078
The flowers are sweet, their colours fresh and trim;	You must creep unto the Cross,		The flowers are cute, their colors fresh and trim;
But true-sweet beauty liv'd and died with him.	Put cold ashes on your head,		But truly sweet beauty lived and died with him.
	Have a hair cloth for your bed.
Bonnet nor veil henceforth no creature wear! 1081			From now on, no creature wear the hood or veil! 1081
Nor sun nor wind will ever strive to kiss you:			The sun or wind will ever try to kiss you:
Having no fair to lose, you need not fear;			If you don't have a fair to lose, you don't have to be afraid.
The sun doth scorn you, and the wind doth hiss you:			The sun despises you and the wind hisses you:
But when Adonis liv'd, sun and sharp air 1085			But when Adonis lived, sun and sharp air 1085
Lurk'd like two thieves, to rob him of his fair:	Bid your beads, and tell your needs,		Lurked like two thieves to rob him of his mass:
	Your holy Avies, and you Creeds;
And therefore would he put his bonnet on,	Holy maid, this must be done,		And that's why he would put on his bonnet,
Under whose brim the gaudy sun would peep; 1088	If you mean to live a Nun.		The bright sun would peer under his clamp; 1088
The wind would blow it off, and, being gone,			The wind would blow it out and when it is gone
Play with his locks: then would Adonis weep;			Play with his locks: then Adonis would cry;
And straight, in pity of his tender years,			And especially in pity with his tender years,
They both would strive who first should dry his tears.			They would both strive for who should dry their tears first.
To see his face the lion walk'd along 1093			His face to see how the lion went in 1093
Behind some hedge, because he would not fear him;			Behind a hedge because he would not fear it;
To recreate himself when he hath sung,			Create again when he sang,
The tiger would be tame and gently hear him; 1096			The tiger would be tame and hear it gently; 1096
If he had spoke, the wolf would leave his prey,			If he had spoken, the wolf would leave his prey
And never fright the silly lamb that day.			And never scare the stupid lamb that day.
When he beheld his shadow in the brook,			When he saw his shadow in the stream,
The fishes spread on it their golden gills; 1100			The fish spread on their golden gills; 1100
When he was by, the birds such pleasure took,			When he was over, the birds took such a pleasure,
That some would sing, some other in their bills			That some would sing, others in their bills
Would bring him mulberries and ripe-red cherries			Would bring him mulberries and ripe red cherries
He fed them with his sight, they him with berries.			He fed her with his eyes, with berries.
But this foul, grim, and urchin-spouted boar, 1105			But this foul, grim and Rögelschweiner, 1105
Whose downward eye still looketh for a grave,			Whose downward eye still looks like a grave,
Ne'er saw the beauteous livery that he wore;			I saw the beautiful paint he was wearing;
Witness the entertainment that he gave: 1108			Witness of the entertainment he gave: 1108
If he did see his face, why then I know			When he saw his face, why do I know
He thought to kiss him, and hath killed him so.			He thought he should kiss him and killed him.
'Tis true, 'tis true; thus was Adonis slain:			"It is true", it is true; So Adonis was killed:
He ran upon the boar with his sharp spear, 1112			He ran to the boar with his sharp spear 1112
Who did not whet his teeth at him again,			Who didn't throw him back on him
But by a kiss thought to persuade him there;			But through a kiss he thought to convince him there;
And nuzzling in his flank, the loving swine			And cuddle in his flank, the loving pig
Sheath'd unaware the tusk in his soft groin. 1116			The vagina was not aware of the tusks in its soft bar. 1116
Had I been tooth'd like him, I must confess,			If I had been dented, I have to confess
With kissing him I should have kill'd him first;			If I kissed him, I should have killed him first;
But he is dead, and never did he bless			But he's dead and never blessed
My youth with his; the more am I accurst.' 1120			My youth with his; The more I am exactly. '1120
With this she falleth in the place she stood,			So she falls on the place where she stood
And stains her face with his congealed blood.			And turns her face with his frozen blood.
Sho looks upon his lips, and they are pale;			Sho looks at his lips and they are pale;
She takes him by the hand, and that is cold; 1124			She takes him by the hand and that's cold; 1124
She whispers in his ears a heavy tale,			In his ears she whispers a difficult story,
As if they heard the woeful words she told;			As if they heard the sad words she told;
She lifts the coffer-lids that close his eyes,			She lifts the suitcase eyelids that close his eyes.
Where, lo! two lamps, burnt out, in darkness lies;			Where, see! Two lamps, burned out, lies in the dark;
Two glasses where herself herself beheld 1129			Two glasses in which they saw themselves in 1129
A thousand times, and now no more reflect;			A thousand times and no longer reflected;
Their virtue lost, wherein they late excell'd,			Lost their virtue, they were awarded too late,
And every beauty robb'd of his effect: 1132			And every beauty that croaks of its effect: 1132
Wonder of time,' quoth she, 'this is my spite,			Miracle of the time, 'quoth her', that's mine,
That, you being dead, the day should yet be light.			That, you are dead, the day should still be easy.
Since thou art dead, lo! here I prophesy,			Since you have been dead, see! Here prophecy,
Sorrow on love hereafter shall attend: 1136			Low on Love Danas Homes will participate: 1136
It shall be waited on with jealousy,			It is waited with jealousy
Find sweet beginning, but unsavoury end;			Find sweet beginning, but unsavory ending;
Ne'er settled equally, but high or low;			I have not settled equally, but high or low;
That all love's pleasure shall not match his woe.			The fact that everything is love will not match his suffering.
It shall be fickle, false, and full of fraud, 1141			It should be moody, wrong and full of fraud, 1141
Bud and be blasted in a breathing-while;			Knosppe and to be blown into breathing;
The bottom poison, and the top o'erstraw'd			The lower poison and the upper o'erstraw'd
With sweets that shall the truest sight beguile: 1144			With sweets that the truest vision is: 1144
The strongest body shall it make most weak,			The strongest body should make it weak,
Strike the wise dumb and teach the fool to speak.			Beat the wise stupid and teach the fool to speak.
It shall be sparing and too full of riot,			It should be economical and too full of turmoil,
Teaching decrepit age to tread the measures; 1148			Leaned Abnerveit's age to take the measures; 1148
The staring ruffian shall it keep in quiet,			The rigid Ruffian should keep it calm
Pluck down the rich, enrich the poor with treasures;			The rich pull down, enrich the poor with treasures;
It shall be raging mad, and silly mild,			It should be crazy and stupid,
Make the young old, the old become a child. 1152			Make the young old man, the old one will be a child. 1152
It shall suspect where is no cause of fear;			It will assume where there is no cause of fear;
It shall not fear where it should most mistrust;			It won't be afraid where it should be suspicious;
It shall be merciful, and too severe,			It should be merciful and too heavy
And most deceiving when it seems most just; 1156			And most deceptively when it appears easiest; 1156
Perverse it shall be, where it shows most toward,			It must be perverse where it benefits the most,
Put fear to velour, courage to the coward.			Set Velor fear, courage to the coward.
It shall be cause of war and dire events,			It should be the cause of war and direct events
And set dissension 'twixt the son and sire; 1160			And set dung 'twixt, the son and the father; 1160
Subject and servile to all discontents,			Subject and servile for all dissatisfaction,
As dry combustious matter is to fire:			As a dry burning matter, the fire is:
Sith in his prime Death doth my love destroy,			Sith in his first death is destroyed by my love
They that love best their love shall not enjoy.' 1164			Those who will best love their love will not enjoy. '1164
By this, the boy that by her side lay kill'd			As a result, the boy who was killed at her side was
Was melted like a vapour from her sight,			Was melted from her eyes like a steam,
And in his blood that on the ground lay spill'd,			And in his blood that was buried on the ground,
A purple flower sprung up, chequer'd with white; 1168			A purple flower was created, checer with white; 1168
Resembling well his pale cheeks, and the blood			It resembles his pale cheeks and blood well
Which in round drops upon their whiteness stood.			What stood on her white in round defeats.
She bows her head, the new-sprung flower to smell,			She builds her head, the newly agonizing flower to smell,
Comparing it to her Adonis' breath; 1172			Compare it to the breath of your Adonis; 1172
And says within her bosom it shall dwell,			And says in your breast that it will live
Since he himself is reft from her by death:			Since he is tracked by her himself:
She drops the stalk, and in the breach appears			It drops the stem and appears in the violation
Green dropping sap, which she compares to tears.			Green falling juice, which she compares with tears.
Poor flower,' quoth she, 'this was thy father's guise,			Poor flower, 'Quoth you', that was your father's guise,
Sweet issue of a more sweet-smelling sire,			Sweet problem of a sweet smelling father, sire,
For every little grief to wet his eyes:			For every little grief, his eyes too wet:
To grow unto himself was his desire, 1180			His desire was to grow to itself, 1180
And so 'tis shine; but know, it is as good			And so it shines; But know it's so good
To wither in my breast as in his blood.			In my chest like in his blood.
Here was thy father's bed, here in my breast;			Here was your father's bed, here in my chest;
Thou art the next of blood, and 'tis thy right: 1184			You are the next blood and it is your right: 1184
Lo! in this hollow cradle take thy rest,			Lo! In this hollow cradle take your peace
My throbbing heart shall rock thee day and night:			My throbbing heart will rock you day and night:
There shall not be one minute in an hour			It won't be a minute in an hour
Wherein I will not kiss my sweet love's flower.'			What will I not kiss the flower of my sweet love. '
Thus weary of the world, away she hies, 1189			So tired of the world, away she said, 1189
And yokes her silver doves; by whose swift aid	Peace and charity within,		And Eckert their silver pigeons; With their quick help
Their mistress, mounted, through the empty skies	Never touch't with deadly sin;		Your loved one, assembled, through the empty sky
In her light chariot quickly is convey'd; 1192	I cast my holy water pure		It is quickly conveyed in your light car; 1192
Holding their course to Paphos, where their queen	On this wall and on this door,		Hold your course to Paphos where your queen
Means to immure herself and not be seen.	That from evil shall defend,		Means to overcome yourself and not to be seen.
	And keep you from the ugly fiend: