The Works in Verse and Prose of Nicholas Breton For the First Time Collected and Edited: With Memorial-Introduction, Notes and Illustrations, Glossarial Index, Facsimilies, &c. By the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart. In Two Volumes |
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 | The Works in Verse and Prose of Nicholas Breton |  |
A Louer in despaire.
Bvrne burne, desire, while thy poore fuel lasteth,
Young wood enflam'd doth yeeld the brauest fire,
Though long before in smothering heat it wasteth
With froward will to conquer his desire:
But fire supprest once breaking into flame,
Doth rage till all be wasted in the same.
Young wood enflam'd doth yeeld the brauest fire,
Though long before in smothering heat it wasteth
With froward will to conquer his desire:
But fire supprest once breaking into flame,
Doth rage till all be wasted in the same.
Most tyrannous and cruel element,
So to Enuie the Substance of thy life,
As to consume thy vital nourishment,
Till death it selfe doe end this mortal strife:
Yet worke thy wil on me O raging fire,
And leaue no coales to kindle new desire.
So to Enuie the Substance of thy life,
As to consume thy vital nourishment,
Till death it selfe doe end this mortal strife:
Yet worke thy wil on me O raging fire,
And leaue no coales to kindle new desire.
Ne let the glowing heat of ashes left,
Yeeld to my fainting sences fresh reliefe,
But as my soule from comfort thou hast reft,
So end my life in this consuming griefe:
For wel I see, nor wit nor wil now serueth,
To recompence desire as he deserueth.
Yeeld to my fainting sences fresh reliefe,
But as my soule from comfort thou hast reft,
So end my life in this consuming griefe:
For wel I see, nor wit nor wil now serueth,
To recompence desire as he deserueth.
Finis.
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