Diana of George of Montemayor Translated out of Spanish into English by Bartholomew Yong |
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 | Diana of George of Montemayor |  |
[To see thee I lift vp my happie eies]
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see thee I lift vp my happie eies,
And hauing seene thee, cast them downe againe.
For further to proceede the same denies:
Nor other ioy but thy loue to containe.
And hauing seene thee, cast them downe againe.
For further to proceede the same denies:
Nor other ioy but thy loue to containe.
What greater glory is there then to view thee,
If that he knew the sight that he did see,
For neuer was there any one that knew thee,
That could be wearie of beholding thee,
And though he could not knowe thee any wise
As well as I haue knowen thee to my paine,
Yet should he be besides himselfe, if dies
Not at the least, to see thee once againe.
If that he knew the sight that he did see,
For neuer was there any one that knew thee,
That could be wearie of beholding thee,
And though he could not knowe thee any wise
As well as I haue knowen thee to my paine,
Yet should he be besides himselfe, if dies
Not at the least, to see thee once againe.
If that my erring pen did others praise
It was but trid, I see, vpon the lest,
For they were all but papers of essaies
Of that, wherewith thou truly wert possest.
And if (before I lou'd thee) with surmise,
My pen hath for some other writ in vaine,
It was not for bicause I sawe her eies,
But hop't it should see such a Soueraine.
It was but trid, I see, vpon the lest,
For they were all but papers of essaies
Of that, wherewith thou truly wert possest.
And if (before I lou'd thee) with surmise,
My pen hath for some other writ in vaine,
It was not for bicause I sawe her eies,
But hop't it should see such a Soueraine.
Nature in framing thee did so excell
And shew'd so braue a skill and suttle art,
That one of thy perfections serued well
Beautie to thousand others to impart.
And shew'd so braue a skill and suttle art,
That one of thy perfections serued well
Beautie to thousand others to impart.
She that to thee is like in any wise
In least of all I sawe in thee so plaine:
To passe no further she may well suffice,
Nor he, that sees thee but must loue containe.
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To passe no further she may well suffice,
Nor he, that sees thee but must loue containe.
Who sees thee as God made thee, and hath seene
An other thing that's faire and of delight,
He thinkes, he sees a thing that would haue beene
Thy selfe in any thing, if that it might:
But if he sees thee with such perfect eies,
And (Mistresse) as I sawe thee, then againe
There's no compare (compare for it denies)
Nor glorie, but thy sweete loue to containe.
An other thing that's faire and of delight,
He thinkes, he sees a thing that would haue beene
Thy selfe in any thing, if that it might:
But if he sees thee with such perfect eies,
And (Mistresse) as I sawe thee, then againe
There's no compare (compare for it denies)
Nor glorie, but thy sweete loue to containe.
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