The Works of William Fowler Secretary to Queen Anne, Wife of James VI. Edited with introduction, appendix, notes and glossary by Henry W. Meikle |
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XXV. HIMPNE.
Ye curteouse louers which possesse
At list your ladyes sight,
A happy lyffe, I must confesse,
hathe Fortune you behight;
But happier call you well I might,
If so your happs might fall,
To see hir hevenly bewtye bright
To whom my thoughtes are thrall.
At list your ladyes sight,
A happy lyffe, I must confesse,
hathe Fortune you behight;
But happier call you well I might,
If so your happs might fall,
To see hir hevenly bewtye bright
To whom my thoughtes are thrall.
For who would see in perfect sorte,
depainted in one place,
The chastety, the humble porte,
That rigour dothe enchace,
The bewtye, bounty, wit, & grace,
dame Natures proofe of fame,
Lett him behold hir Angells face
That men my mistris name.
depainted in one place,
The chastety, the humble porte,
That rigour dothe enchace,
The bewtye, bounty, wit, & grace,
dame Natures proofe of fame,
Lett him behold hir Angells face
That men my mistris name.
Ther may ye see howe loue intreates
his folkes in eche degree,
howe some he flatters, some he threates,
distroys, & settes on hee;
The bitter sweit ther may ye see,
The hope, the pale dispaire;
And howe that loue dothe rander me
For euerye ioye a care.
his folkes in eche degree,
howe some he flatters, some he threates,
distroys, & settes on hee;
The bitter sweit ther may ye see,
The hope, the pale dispaire;
And howe that loue dothe rander me
For euerye ioye a care.
But O! that she is passinge fayre,
Excellinge euerye wight,
O! what to hir shall I compare?—
The heavens & planettes light?
Nay! who beholdes hir bewty bright
may say vnto his eyes:
“Leave heare your lookes, for fayrer sight
The godes cannot devyse.”
Excellinge euerye wight,
O! what to hir shall I compare?—
The heavens & planettes light?
Nay! who beholdes hir bewty bright
may say vnto his eyes:
“Leave heare your lookes, for fayrer sight
The godes cannot devyse.”
Finis.
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