The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies. Volume 2 of 2.Davies, John, Sir
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The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies. Volume 2 of 2.
Davies, John, Sir
Davies, John, Sir, 1569-1626; English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700
3* What Eagle can behould her [s]unbrighte eye,
her [s]unbrighte eye y^{t} lights the world w^{th} loue,
the world of Loue wherein I liue and dye,
I liue and dye and diuers chaunges proue,
I chaunges proue, yet [s]till the [s]ame am I,
the [s]ame am I and neuer will remoue,
neuer remoue vntill my [s]oule dothe flye,
my [s]oule dothe fly, and I [s]urcea[s]e to moue,
I cea[s]e to moue w^{ch} now am mou'd by you,
am mou'd by you y^{t} moue all mortall hartes,
all mortall hartes who[s]e eyes yo^{r} eyes doth veiwe,
Yo^{r} eyes doth veiwe whence Cupid [s]hoots his darts,
whence Cupid [s]hootes his dartes and woundeth tho[s]e
that honor you and neuer weare[134] his foes.
[Footnote 134: = were. G.]
4* The hardnes of her harte and truth of myne
when the all [s]eeinge eyes of heauen did [s]ee
they [s]treight concluded y^{t} by powre devine
to other formes our hartes should turnèd be.
then hers as hard as flynte, a Flynte became
and myne as true as [s]teele, to [s]teele was turned,
and then betwene o^{r} hartes [s]prange forthe the flame
of kinde[s]t loue, w^{ch} vnextingui[s]h'd burned;
And longe the [s]acred lampe of mutuall loue
ince[s][s]antlie did burne in glory brighte;
Vntill my folly did her fury moue
to recompence my [s]eruice w^{th} de[s]pighte,
and to put out w^{th} [s]nuffers of her pride
the lampe of loue w^{ch} els had neuer dyed.
5* Myne Eye, mine eare, my will, my witt, my harte
did [s]ee, did heare, did like, di[s]cerne, did loue:
her face, her [s]peche, her fa[s]hion, iudgem^{t}, arte,
w^{ch} did charme, plea[s]e, delighte, confounde and moue.
Then fancie, humo^{r}, loue, conceipte, and thoughte
did [s]oe drawe, force, inty[s]e, per[s]wade, deui[s]e,
that [s]he was wonne, mou'd, caryed, compa[s]t, wrought
to thinck me kinde, true, comelie, valyant, wi[s]e;
that heauen, earth, hell, my folly and her pride
did worke, contriue, labor, con[s]pire and [s]weare
to make me [s]corn'd, vile, ca[s]t of, bace, defyed
W^{th} her my loue, my lighte, my life, my deare:
So that my harte, my witt, will, eare, and eye
doth greiue, lament, sorrowe, di[s]paire and dye.
6* The [s]acred Mu[s]e that fir[s]te made loue deuine
hath made him naked and w^{th}out attyre,
but I will cloth him w^{th} this penn of myne
that all the world his fa[s]hion [s]hall admyre,
his hatt of hope, his bande of beautye fine,
his cloake of crafte, his doblett of de[s]yre,
greife for a girdell, [s]hall aboute him twyne,
his pointes of pride, his Ilet holes of yre,
his ho[s]e of hate, his Cod peece of conceite,
his [s]tockings of [s]terne [s]trife, his [s]hirte of [s]hame,
his garters of vaine glorie gaye and [s]lyte;
his pantofels of pa[s][s]ions I will frame,
pumpes[135] of pre[s]umption [s]hall adorne his feete
and Socks of fullennes excedinge [s]weete.
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