The poems of Alexander Hume ... Edited from the text of Waldegrave (1599) with notes, appendices, and glossary by Alexander Lawson |
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A SONNET OF LOUE. |
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A SONNET OF LOUE.
Not lawfull loue, bot lecherie I lacke:Not women wise, but witlesse I disdaine:
Not constant trueth, but tromperie I detract:
Not innocence, but insolence prophaine:
Not blessed bands, but secreite working vaine:
As Pyramus and Thisbe tuike on hand,
As Iason and Medea made their traine,
As Dæmophon and foolish Phillis fand,
As Hercules at Iolëes command,
Which like a wife for loue sat downe to spin.
And finally all follie I gainstand,
Which may allure the heart to shame or sin:
Beware with vice, be not the cause of ill,
Sine speak, & sport, look, laugh, & loue your fill.
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