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Songes and Sonettes

Tottel, Richard

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Descripcion of the restlesse state of a louer,
 
Description of Spring, wherin eche thing renewes, saue onelie the louer.
 
Descripcion of the restlesse state of a louer.
 
Description of the fickle affections panges and sleightes of loue.
 
Complaint of a louer, that defied loue, and was by loue after the more tormented.
 
Complaint of a louer rebuked.
 
Complaint of the louer disdained.
 
Description and praise of his loue Geraldine.
 
The frailtie and hurtfulnes of beautie.
 
A complaint by night of the louer not beloued.
 
How eche thing saue the louer in spring reuiueth to pleasure.
 
Vow to loue faithfully howsoeuer he be rewarded.
 
Complaint that his ladie after she knew of his loue kept her face alway hidden from him.
 
Request to his loue to ioyne bountie with beautie.
 
Prisoned in windsor, he recounteth his pleasure there passed.
 
The louer comforteth himself with the worthinesse of his loue.
 
Complaint of the absence of her louer being vpon the sea.
 
Complaint of a diyng louer refused vpon his ladies iniust mistaking of his writyng.
 
Complaint of the absence of her louer being vpon the sea.
 
A praise of his loue:
 
To the Ladie that scorned her louer.
 
A warning to the louer how he is abused by his loue.
 
The forsaken louer describeth & forsaketh loue.
 
The louer describes his restlesse state.
 
The louer excuseth himself of suspected change.
 
A carelesse man, scorning and describing, the suttle vsage of women towarde their louers.
 
The meanes to attain happy life.
 
Praise of meane and constant estate.
 
Praise of certain psalmes of Dauid,
 
Of the death of the same
 
Of the same.
 
Of Sardinapalus dishonorable life, and miserable death.
 
How no age is content with his own estate, & how the age of children is the happiest, if they had skill to vnderstand it.
 
Bonum est mihi quod humiliasti me.
 
Exhortacion to learne by others trouble.
 
The fansie of a weried louer.
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Songes written by Nicolas Grimald.
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Vncertain auctours.
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Other Songes and Sonettes written by the earle of Surrey.
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Other Songes and sonettes written by sir Thomas wiat the elder

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The louer describes his restlesse state.

As oft as I behold and se
The soueraigne bewtie that me bound:
The nier my comfort is to me,
Alas the fresher is my wound.
As flame doth quenche by rage of fire,
And running stremes consume by raine:
So doth the sight, that I desire,
Appease my grief and deadely paine,
First when I saw those cristall streames,
whose bewtie made my mortall wound:
I little thought within her beames
So swete a venom to haue found.
But wilfull will did prick me forth,
And blind Cupide did whippe and guide:
Force made me take my griefe in worth:
My fruitles hope my harme did hide.
As cruell waues full oft be found
Against the rockes to rore and cry:
So doth my hart full oft rebound
Ageinst my brest full bitterly.
I fall, and se mine own decay,
As on that beares flame in hys brest,
Forgets in paine to put away
The thing that bredeth mine vnrest.
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