WIT. No, my tune-full Miſtreſſe?
Then, ſurely, _Loue_ hath none: nor _Beauty_ any;
Nor _Nature_ violenced, in both theſe:
With all whoſe gentle tongues you ſpeake, at once. 60
I thought I had inough remou’d, already,
That ſcruple from your breſt, and left yo’ all reaſon;
When, through my mornings perſpectiue I ſhewd you
A man ſo aboue excuſe, as he is the cauſe,
Why any thing is to be done vpon him: 65
And nothing call’d an iniury, miſ-plac’d.
I’rather, now had hope, to ſhew you how _Loue_
By his acceſſes, growes more naturall:
And, what was done, this morning, with ſuch force
Was but deuis’d to ſerue the preſent, then. 70
That ſince _Loue_ hath the honour to approach
_He grows more familiar in his Court-ſhip._
Theſe ſiſter-ſwelling breſts; and touch this ſoft,
And roſie hand; hee hath the skill to draw
Their _Nectar_ forth, with kiſſing; and could make
More wanton ſalts, from this braue promontory, 75
Downe to this valley, then the nimble _Roe_;
_playes with her paps, kiſſeth her hands, &c._
Could play the hopping _Sparrow_, ’bout theſe nets;
And ſporting _Squirell_ in theſe criſped groues;
Bury himſelfe in euery _Silke-wormes_ kell,
Is here vnrauell’d; runne into the ſnare, 80
Which euery hayre is, caſt into a curle,
To catch a _Cupid_ flying: Bath himselfe
In milke, and roſes, here, and dry him, there;
Warme his cold hands, to play with this ſmooth, round, [124]
And well torn’d chin, as with the _Billyard_ ball; 85
Rowle on theſe lips, the banks of loue, and there
At once both plant, and gather kiſſes. _Lady_,
Shall I, with what I haue made to day here, call
All ſenſe to wonder, and all faith to ſigne
The myſteries reuealed in your forme? 90
And will _Loue_ pardon mee the blasphemy
I vtter’d, when I ſaid, a glaſſe could ſpeake
This beauty, or that fooles had power to iudge it?
_Doe but looke, on her eyes! They doe light--
All that_ Loue’s _world comprizeth! 95
Doe but looke on her hayre! it is bright,
As_ Loue’s _ſtarre, when it riſeth!
Doe but marke, her fore-head’s ſmoother,
Then words that ſooth her!
And from her arched browes, ſuch a grace 100
Sheds it ſelfe through the face;
As alone, there triumphs to the life,
All the gaine, all the good, of the elements ſtrife!_
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