The Works in Verse and Prose of Nicholas Breton For the First Time Collected and Edited: With Memorial-Introduction, Notes and Illustrations, Glossarial Index, Facsimilies, &c. By the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart. In Two Volumes |
A Fantasticke Solemne Humour.
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The Works in Verse and Prose of Nicholas Breton | ||
A Fantasticke Solemne Humour.
Sovnd, good Reason, sound my sorrowes,
Equall them with any liuing;
Finde the worst of all her giuing,
When she most her mischiefe borrowes.
Equall them with any liuing;
Finde the worst of all her giuing,
When she most her mischiefe borrowes.
Leaue not patience all perplexed,
Where no passions are appeased;
But her torments, never eased,
Keepe her spirit too much vexed.
Where no passions are appeased;
But her torments, never eased,
Keepe her spirit too much vexed.
Tell, oh tell the truest story
That hath long time bene described;
Whereto justly is ascribed
Sorrowes pride, and Death his glory.
That hath long time bene described;
Whereto justly is ascribed
Sorrowes pride, and Death his glory.
Loue bred in Discretions blindnesse,
Shadowes, for the sunne affecting
Nothing, but nothing effecting,
Shewes the crosse of Natures kindnesse.
Shadowes, for the sunne affecting
Nothing, but nothing effecting,
Shewes the crosse of Natures kindnesse.
Wit, bewitcht with wanton Beauty,
Lost the raines of Reasons bridle;
And, in Folly all too idle,
Brake the bands of Reasons duty.
Lost the raines of Reasons bridle;
And, in Folly all too idle,
Brake the bands of Reasons duty.
Time misspent in Follies trifles,
(With repentance sorrow feeding,)
In the rules of Reasons reeding,
Findes them nothing else but nifles.
(With repentance sorrow feeding,)
In the rules of Reasons reeding,
Findes them nothing else but nifles.
Care, yet seeking to recouer
Indiscretions heavie losses,
Found, in casting vp my crosses,
Sorrow only left the louer.
Indiscretions heavie losses,
Found, in casting vp my crosses,
Sorrow only left the louer.
The Works in Verse and Prose of Nicholas Breton | ||