LXXVIII.
[VVhat scowling cloudes haue ouercast the skie]
This Passion concerneth the lowring of his Mistres and herein
for the most part the Authour imitateth Agnola firenzuola;
who vpon the like subiect, writeth as followeth,
O belle donne, prendam pietade
Di me pur hor' in talpa trasformato
‘D'huom, che pur dianza ardiua mirar fiso
Come Aquila il sol chiar in paradiso.
Cosi va'l mondo, e cosi spesso accade
A chisi fida in amoroso stato, &c.
VVhat
scowling cloudes haue ouercast the skie,
That these mine eies can not, as woonte they were,
Beholde their second Sunne intentiuely?
Some strange Eclipse is hap'ned as I feare,
Whereby my Sunne is either bald of light,
Or I my selfe haue lost my seeing quite.
Most likely soe since Loue him selfe is blinde.
And Venus too (perhaps) will haue it so,
That Louers wanting sight shall followe kinde.
O then faire Dames bewaile my present woe,
Which thus am made a moale, and blindefolde runne
Where Ægle-like I late beheld the Sunne.
But out alas, such guerdon is assignde
To all that loue and followe Cupids carre:
He tyres their limmes and doth bewitch their minde,
And makes within them selues a lasting warre.
Reason with much adoe doth teach me this,
Though yet I cannot mend what is a misse.
