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[When younglyngs first on Cupide fyxe their sight]
When younglyngs first on Cupide fyxe their sight,
And see him naked, blyndfold & a boy,
Though bow & shafts and fier-brand be his might,
Yet weene they he can worke them none annoy.
And see him naked, blyndfold & a boy,
Though bow & shafts and fier-brand be his might,
Yet weene they he can worke them none annoy.
And therefore with his purpill wings they play,
For glorious semeth loue though light as fether,
And when they haue done they weene to skape away,
For blynd men, say they, shoote they know not whether.
For glorious semeth loue though light as fether,
And when they haue done they weene to skape away,
For blynd men, say they, shoote they know not whether.
But when by proofe they finde that he did see,
& that his wound did rather dym their sight,
They wonder more how such a lad as he,
Should be of such surpassing powre and might:
& that his wound did rather dym their sight,
They wonder more how such a lad as he,
Should be of such surpassing powre and might:
But Ants haue gals, so hath the Bee his styng,
Then sheeld me heauens from such a subtyle thing.
Then sheeld me heauens from such a subtyle thing.
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