The Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania :: :: University of Virginia Library

When last I saw thee, I did not thee see,
It was thine Image which in my thoughts lay
So liuely figur'd, as no times delay
Could suffer me in heart to parted be.

And sleepe so fauourable is to me,
As not to let thy lou'd remembrance stray:
Lest that I waking might haue cause to say,
There was one mnute found to forget thee.

Then, since my faith is such, so kinde my sleepe,
That gladly thee presents into my thought,
And still true Louer-like thy face doth keepe,
So as some pleasure shadow-like is wrought.

Pitty my louing, nay of conscience giue
Reward to me in whom thy selfe doth liue.