96666666"So let thy thoughts low vassals to thy state -- "
667667"No more," quoth he. "By heaven, I will not hear thee.
668668Yield to my love. If not enforcèd hate,
669669Instead of love's coy touch, shall rudely tear thee.
670670That done, despitefully I mean to bear thee
671671Unto the base bed of some rascal groom
672672To be thy partner in this shameful doom."
97673673This said, he sets his foot upon the light,
674674For light and lust are deadly enemies.
675675Shame folded up in blind concealing night,
676676When most unseen, then most doth tyrannize.
677677The wolf hath seized his prey; the poor lamb cries,
678678Till, with her own white fleece, her voice controlled,
679679Entombs her outcry in her lips' sweet fold.
98680680For with the nightly linen that she wears,
681681He pens her piteous clamors in her head,
682682Cooling his hot face in the chastest tears
683683That ever modest eyes with sorrow shed.
684684O, that prone lust should stain so pure a bed!
685685The spots whereof could weeping purify,
686686Her tears should drop on them perpetually.
99687687But she hath lost a dearer thing than life,
688688And he hath won what he would lose again.
689689This forcèd league doth force a further strife;
690690This momentary joy breeds months of pain;
691691This hot desire converts to cold disdain.
692692Pure chastity is rifled of her store,
693693And lust, the thief, far poorer than before.
100694694Look as the full-fed hound or gorgèd hawk,
695695Unapt for tender smell, or speedy flight,
696696Make slow pursuit, or altogether balk
697697The prey wherein by nature they delight,
698698So surfeit-taking Tarquin fares this night.
699699His taste delicious, in digestion souring,
700700Devours his will that lived by foul devouring.