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 |
A Solemne Toie.
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The Works in Verse and Prose of Nicholas Breton | ||
A Solemne Toie.
If that Loue had beene a king,
He would haue commanded Beauty:
But hee is a silly thing,
That hath sworne to doe her duety.
He would haue commanded Beauty:
But hee is a silly thing,
That hath sworne to doe her duety.
If that Loue had beene a God,
He had then beene full of grace:
But how grace and loue are odde,
Tis too plaine a pitious case.
He had then beene full of grace:
But how grace and loue are odde,
Tis too plaine a pitious case.
No: Love is an idle jeast,
That hath only made a woord,
Like vnto a cuckoes neast,
That hath neuer hatcht a bird.
That hath only made a woord,
Like vnto a cuckoes neast,
That hath neuer hatcht a bird.
Then from nothing to conceiue
That may any substance bee,
Yet so many doth deceiue;
Lord of heaven, deliuer mee.
That may any substance bee,
Yet so many doth deceiue;
Lord of heaven, deliuer mee.
The Works in Verse and Prose of Nicholas Breton | ||