 | "Songes and Sonettes written by the ryght honorable
Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other" |  |
Tho Cowerd oft
Manhode auaileth not without good Fortune.
Tho Cowerd oft whom deinty viandes fed,That bosted much his ladies eares to please,
By helpe of them whom vnder him he led
Hath reapt the palme that valiance could not cease.
The vnexpert that shoores vnknowen neare sought,
Whom Neptune yet apaled not with feare:
In wandryng shippe on trustlesse seas hath tought,
The skill to fele that time to long doth leare.
The sportyng knight that scorneth Cupides kinde,
With faned chere the payned cause to brede:
In game vnhides the leden sparkes of minde,
And gaines the gole, where glowyng flames should spede,
Thus I see proufe that trouth and manly hart,
May not auayle, if fortune chaunce to start.
| "Songes and Sonettes written by the ryght honorable
Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other" | |