16781573But Loue
fir
st learned in a Ladies eyes,
16791574Liues not alone emured in the braine:
16801575But with the motion of all elamentes,
16811576Cour
ses as
swift as thought in euery power,
16821577And giues to euery power a double power,
16831578Aboue their fun
ctions and their o
ffices.
16841579It addes a precious
seeing to the eye:
16851580A Louers eyes will gaze an Eagle blinde.
16861581A Louers eare will heare the lowe
st sound.
16871582When the
su
spitious head of theft is
stopt.
16881583Loues feeling is more
soft and
sen
sible,
16891584Then are the tender hornes of Cockled Snayles.
16901585Loues tongue proues daintie,
Bachus gro
sse in ta
ste,
16911586For Valoure, is not Loue a
Hercules? 16921587Still clyming trees in the
Hesperides.
16931588Subtit as
Sphinx, as
sweete and mu
sicall,
16941589As bright
Appolos Lute,
strung with his haire.
16951590And when Loue
speakes, the voyce of all the Goddes,
16961591Make heauen drow
sie with the harmonie.
16971592Neuer dur
st Poet touch a pen to write,
16981593Vntill his Incke were tempred with Loues
sighes:
16991594O then his lines would raui
sh sauage
eares,
17001595And plant in Tyrants milde humilitie.
17011596From womens eyes this do
ctrine I deriue.
17021597They
sparcle
still the right promethean
fier,
17031598They are the Bookes, the Artes, the Achademes,
17041599That
shew, containe, and nouri
sh all the worlde.
17051600Els none at all in ought proues excellent.
17061601Then fooles you were, the
se women to for
sweare:
17071602Or keeping what is
sworne, you will proue fooles,
17081603For Wi
sedomes
sake, a worde that all men loue:
17091604Or for Loues
sake, a worde that loues all men.
17101605Or for Mens
sake, the authour of the
se Women:
17111606Or Womens
sake, by whom we Men are Men.
17121607Lets vs once loo
se our othes to
finde our
selues,
17131608Or els we loo
se our
selues, to keepe our othes:
17141609It is Religion to be thus for
sworne.
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