The canticles or Balades of Salomon phraselyke declared in Englysh Metres, by William Baldwin |
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xxxii. Christe to his Spouse.
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xxxii. Christe to his Spouse.
The Argument.
Christe hauyng promysed to croune his Churche with truth, (for his self wyll be her croune) from Sanir and Hermon, the curses and troubles that she should sustayne for his sake, and from the Lyons den, and Leoperdes mounte, whiche signifie pleasures and delites, honors and dignities: (whiche though they be for the most part abused, yet Christe promyseth his Spouse that yf she trust in hym only, & stande to his truth, she shal vse them to his glory, and be crouned of hym therefore) he begynneth to prayse her. But because she is not yet perfecte by reason of the flesh, whiche continually troubleth and hyndereth her, he lykyng sumwhat, and myslykyng elswhat, syngeth.
My mynde thou hast whole rauyshed
My spouse, my sister dere:
Thou hast my hart whole rauyshed
With one of thyne iyes clere.
My spouse, my sister dere:
Thou hast my hart whole rauyshed
With one of thyne iyes clere.
Thy perfect iudgement of my sprite
Doeth muche my mynde refresh:
Thyne other iye detest I quite,
Thy iudgement of the flesh.
Doeth muche my mynde refresh:
Thyne other iye detest I quite,
Thy iudgement of the flesh.
In one lynke of the chayne lykewyse
That hangth about thy necke,
My mynde wholly thou doest surprise,
For in it is no specke.
That hangth about thy necke,
My mynde wholly thou doest surprise,
For in it is no specke.
The fruites whiche thou vnfaynyngly
By fayth styl bryngest furth,
Doe please my mynde excedyngly:
The rest are nothyng wurth.
By fayth styl bryngest furth,
Doe please my mynde excedyngly:
The rest are nothyng wurth.
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