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 |
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 | The Works in Verse and Prose of Nicholas Breton |  |
Fie on Pride.
The hidden Pride that lurkes in Beauties eyes,
And overlookes the humble hearts of Loue,
Doth nothing else but vaine effectes deuise,
That may discretion from the minde remoue.
And overlookes the humble hearts of Loue,
Doth nothing else but vaine effectes deuise,
That may discretion from the minde remoue.
Oh, how it workes in wit, for idle wordes
To buy repentance but with labour lost;
While Sorrowes fortune nothing else affordes,
But showres of raine vpon a bitter frost:
To buy repentance but with labour lost;
While Sorrowes fortune nothing else affordes,
But showres of raine vpon a bitter frost:
A wicked shadowe that deceiues the sight,
And breedes an itch that ouerrunnes the hart;
Which, leauing Reason in a pitious plight;
Consumes the spirit with a curelesse smart:
And breedes an itch that ouerrunnes the hart;
Which, leauing Reason in a pitious plight;
Consumes the spirit with a curelesse smart:
While wounded Patience in her passion cries,
Fie vpon Pride, that lurkes in Beauties eyes.
Fie vpon Pride, that lurkes in Beauties eyes.
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