 | "Songes and Sonettes written by the ryght honorable
Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other" |  |
Deserts of Nymphs
Of m. D. A.
Deserts of Nymphs, that auncient Poets showe,Ar not so kouth, as hers: whose present face,
More, than my Muse, may cause the world to knowe
A nature nobly giuen: of woorthy race:
So trayned vp, as honour did bestowe.
Cyllene, in sugerd speech, gaue her a grace.
Excell in song Apollo made his dere.
No fingerfeat Minerue hid from her sight.
Exprest in look, she hath so souerain chere,
As Cyprian once breathed on the Spartan bright.
Wit, wisdom, will, woord, woork, and all, I ween,
Dare nomans pen presume to paint outright.
Lo luyster and light: which if old tyme had seen,
Entroned, shyne she should, with goddesse Fame.
Yeeld, Enuie, these due prayses to this dame.
| "Songes and Sonettes written by the ryght honorable
Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other" | |