_Thyr._ None of these; but out, alas! A mischance is come to pass, And I'll tell thee what it was: See, mine eyes are weeping-ripe. _Lacon._ Tell, and I'll lay down my pipe. _Thyr._ I have lost my lovely steer, That to me was far more dear Than these kine which I milk here: Broad of forehead, large of eye, Party-colour'd like a pie; Smooth in each limb as a die; Clear of hoof, and clear of horn: Sharply pointed as a thorn, With a neck by yoke unworn; From the which hung down by strings, Balls of cowslips, daisy rings, Interplac'd with ribbonings: Faultless every way for shape; Not a straw could him escape; Ever gamesome as an ape, But yet harmless as a sheep. Pardon, Lacon, if I weep; _Tears will spring where woes are deep_. Now, ay me! ay me! Last night Came a mad dog and did bite, Aye, and kill'd my dear delight. _Lacon._ Alack, for grief! _Thyr._ But I'll be brief. Hence I must, for time doth call Me, and my sad playmates all, To his ev'ning funeral. Live long, Lacon, so adieu! _Lacon._ Mournful maid, farewell to you; _Earth afford ye flowers to strew_. _Pie_, _i.e._, a magpie. 985. UPON SAPPHO. Look upon Sappho's lip, and you will swear There is a love-like leaven rising there. 988. A BACCHANALIAN VERSE. Drink up Your cup, But not spill wine; For if you Do, 'Tis an ill sign; That we Foresee You are cloy'd here, If so, no Ho, But avoid here. 989. CARE A GOOD KEEPER. _Care keeps the conquest; 'tis no less renown To keep a city than to win a town._ 990. RULES FOR OUR REACH. Men must have bounds how far to walk; for we Are made far worse by lawless liberty. 991. TO BIANCA. Ah, Bianca! now I see It is noon and past with me: In a while it will strike one; Then, Bianca, I am gone. Some effusions let me have Offer'd on my holy grave; Then, Bianca, let me rest With my face towards the East. 992. TO THE HANDSOME MISTRESS GRACE POTTER. As is your name, so is your comely face Touch'd everywhere with such diffused grace, As that in all that admirable round There is not one least solecism found; And as that part, so every portion else Keeps line for line with beauty's parallels. 993. ANACREONTIC.