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SONNET 39.
[The stately Lion and the furious Beare]
The stately Lion and the furious BeareThe skill of man doth alter from their kinde,
For where before they wilde and sauage were,
By art both tame and meeke, you shall them finde.
The Elephant although a mighty beast,
A man may rule according to his skill,
The lustie horse obaieth our beheast,
For with the Curbe you may him guide at will:
Although the flint most hard containes the fire,
By force we do his vertue soone obtaine,
For with a steele you shall haue your desire,
Thus man may all things by industry gaine;
Onely a woman if she list not loue,
No art, nor force, can vnto pitie moue.
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