The Life and Death of William Long beard the most famous and witty English Traitor, borne in the Citty of London. Accompanied with manye other most pleasant and prettie histories, By T. L. [i.e. Thomas Lodge] of Lincolns Inne, Gent |
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[Amidst the maze of discontented mind]
Amidst the maze of discontented mind,
The royall trophey of ioy-breeding loue,
A happy holde and resting place did find,
Within that brest which earst earthes hel did proue.
The royall trophey of ioy-breeding loue,
A happy holde and resting place did find,
Within that brest which earst earthes hel did proue.
Since when my long-enfeebled eies haue reard,
Their drooping sight to gaze vpon the sunne,
Since when my thoughts in written lines appeard,
Reioycing at that Palme my faith had wunne.
Their drooping sight to gaze vpon the sunne,
Since when my thoughts in written lines appeard,
Reioycing at that Palme my faith had wunne.
Ennobled thus, by that thrice-nobled passion,
Which hath the power all worldly cares to banish,
I flie sweet-seeming leures of false occasion,
And let al thoughts but loue-sweet vade & vanish,
The fruits I reape in spight of Fortune froward,
Makes me suppose no torment too vntoward.
Which hath the power all worldly cares to banish,
And let al thoughts but loue-sweet vade & vanish,
The fruits I reape in spight of Fortune froward,
Makes me suppose no torment too vntoward.
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