The EKATOMPATHIA[Greek] Or Passionate Centurie of Loue Diuided into two parts: whereof, the first expresseth the Authors sufferance in Loue: the latter, his long farewell to Loue and all his tyrannie. Composed by Thomas Watson |
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XXI.
[Who list to vewe dame Natures cunning skil]
In the first staffe of this passion the Authour imitateth Petrarch, Sonetto 211.
Chi vuol veder quantunque può NaturaEl ciel tra noi, venga à mirar costei, &c.
And the very like sense hath Seraphine in one of his Strambotti, where he beginneth thus,
Chi vuol neder gran cose altiere & nuoue,Uenga a mirar costei, laquale adoro:
Doue gratia dal ciel continuo pioue. &c.
And see what heau'n hath added to the same,
Let him prepare with me to gaze his fill
On her apase, whose gifts exceed ye trūp of fāe:
But let him come a pase before she flye
From hence, to fixe her seate aboue the skye.
By Iunoes gift she beares a stately grace,
Pallas hath placed skill amidd'st her brest;
Venus her selfe doth dwell within her face;
Alas I faint to thinke of all the rest;
And shall I tell wherewith I most haue warres?
with those her eyes, which are two heau'nly starres
Theire beames drawe forth by great attractiue power
My moistned hart, whose force is yet so small,
That shine they bright, or list they but to lowre,
It scarcely dare behold such lights at all,
But sobbes, and sighes, and saith I am vndonne;
No bird but Ioues can looke against the sunne.
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