The Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania :: :: University of Virginia Library

It is not Loue which you poore fooles doe deeme,
That doth appeare by fond and outward showes
Of kissing, toying, or by swearings gloze:
O no, these are farre off from loues esteeme.

Alas, they are not such that can redeeme
Loue lost, or winning keepe those chosen blowes:
Though oft with face and lookes loue ouerthrowes;
Yet so slight conquest doth not him beseeme.

'Tis not a shew of sighes or teares can proue
Who loues indeed, which blasts of faigned loue,
Increase or dye, as fauours from them slide.

But in the soule true loue in safety lies
Guarded by faith, which to desert still hies:
And yet kinde lookes do many blessings hide.