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 |  |
8. [Let Love kill me.]
Oh eies, leave of your weepinge,
Loue hath the thoughtes in keepinge,
That maie content yee;
Let not this misconceivinge
Where comfortes are receyving,
Causles torment yee.
Loue hath the thoughtes in keepinge,
That maie content yee;
Let not this misconceivinge
Where comfortes are receyving,
Causles torment yee.
Clowdes threaten but a showre,
Hope hath his happie howre
Thoughe longe in lastinge:
Time nedes must be attended,
Loue must not be offended
With to muche hastinge.
Hope hath his happie howre
Thoughe longe in lastinge:
Time nedes must be attended,
Loue must not be offended
With to muche hastinge.
Yitt oh the painefull pleasure,
Wher loue attendes the leizure
Of loves wretchednes;
Where hope is but illusion,
And feare but a confusion
Of loues happines.
Wher loue attendes the leizure
Of loves wretchednes;
Where hope is but illusion,
And feare but a confusion
Of loues happines.
Yitt happie hope that seeth
Howe loue and life agreeth,
Of life depriue me;
Or let me be assurèd,
When life hath death endurèd
Loue will revive me.
Howe loue and life agreeth,
Of life depriue me;
Or let me be assurèd,
When life hath death endurèd
Loue will revive me.
But if I be that louer
That neuer shall recouer
But spight shall spill me,
Then let thus much suffize me,
That heavnes this death deuise me,
That loue shulde kill me.
That neuer shall recouer
But spight shall spill me,
Then let thus much suffize me,
That heavnes this death deuise me,
That loue shulde kill me.
Finis.
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