Diana of George of Montemayor Translated out of Spanish into English by Bartholomew Yong |
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 | Diana of George of Montemayor |  |
[My life (yoong Shepherdesse) for thee]
My
life (yoong Shepherdesse) for thee
Of needes to death must post;
But yet my greefe must stay with mee
After my life is lost.
Of needes to death must post;
But yet my greefe must stay with mee
After my life is lost.
The greeuous ill, by death that cured is
Continually hath remedie at hand:
But not that torment, that is like to this,
That in slowe time, and fortunes meanes doth stand.
Continually hath remedie at hand:
But not that torment, that is like to this,
That in slowe time, and fortunes meanes doth stand.
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And if this sorrow cannot be
Ended with life (as most)
What then doth this thing profit me,
A sorrow wonne or lost?
Ended with life (as most)
What then doth this thing profit me,
A sorrow wonne or lost?
Yet all is one to me, as now I trie
A flattring hope, or that that had not bene yet.
For if to day for want of it I die,
Next day I doe no lesse for hauing seene it.
A flattring hope, or that that had not bene yet.
For if to day for want of it I die,
Next day I doe no lesse for hauing seene it.
Faine would I die, to end and free
This greefe, that kils me most
If that it might be lost with me,
Or die when life is lost.
This greefe, that kils me most
If that it might be lost with me,
Or die when life is lost.
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