QVATORZAIN. 5. Venus.
Venus termed also Cytherea poetically fained to
be bred of the froth of the Sea, excelled all other
Goddesses in beautie, she is the Goddesse of loue,
pleasures and lasciuious delightes, she rideth in a chariot
drawne by doues, she is the mother of Cupid and
is accounted one of the seuen planets
If that I am a starre, Ile loose my light,
And fall from Heauen, vpon the earth to morne,
Because her lifes faire day is turnde to night,
My ioye to griefe, my loue to hate shall turne.
If that I am a Goddesse, as men say,
Whom louers tearme Celestiall and deuine,
With humaine teares Ile wash my ioyes away,
And on the earth no more by day-time shine:
If I be beauties Soueraigne, and loues Queene,
Ile put a maske of clouds before my face,
Hating to loue, louing to liue vnseene,
I will obscure my selfe in some darke place:
And if I be a Planet, while I raigne,
Ile frown on th'earth where my delight is slaine.
