[XVIII. I heard a noise]
I heard a noise, and wished for a sight
I heard a noise, and wished for a sight, I lookt aside, and did a shadow
see, a shadow see, Whose substance was the summe of my delight, It
came vnseene, and so it went from me, But yet Conceit perswaded
my entent, There was a substance where the shadow went,
I did not play Narcissus in conceit, I did not see my
shadow in a spring, a spring, I knew my eyes were dim'd with no deceit, I saw the
shadow of some worthy thing, For as I saw the shadow passing by, I had a glance, I
had a glance of somthing in my eye, Shadow or she, or both, or chuse you whether,
Blest be the thing that brought the shadow hether. Blest be the thing that brought the shadow hether.
