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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[I sigh to see thee sigh]
A verse or two written Extempore, vpon a sight of a Gentlewoman.
I sigh to see thee sigh:the iust occasion why,
God knowes: and I, perhappes,
can gesse, vnhappily.
But whatsoeuer I thinke,
I meane to let it passe:
And thus, in secrete sorte, to thinke
vnto my selfe (alas)
Poore little seely soule,
God quickly comfort thee,
Who could his sighes refraine, a Dame
in such sad sorte to see?
The cause whereof I gesse,
but not the remedy:
I would I could a medicine frame,
to cure thy mallady.
For if it were in mee,
or if it euer bee,
To doo the thing, oh noble Dame,
in deede, to comforte thee:
My hart, my hand, my sword,
my purse, which (though) but small,
At your commaund I offer heere,
all ready at your call.
Of which if any shrinke,
when you vouchsafe to trie:
As I deserue, disdaine me then,
and God then let me dye.
And thus, from honest harte,
as one your faithfull friend,
In few vnfayned friendly wordes,
farewell: and so an ende.
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