THE RAPE OF LVCRECE.
105729Eu'n in this thought through the dark-night he
stea
-(leth, 730A captiue vi
ctor that hath lo
st in gaine,
731Bearing away the wound that nothing healeth,
732The
scarre that will di
spight of Cure remaine,
733Leauing his
spoile perplext in greater paine.
734 Shee beares the lode of lu
st he left behinde,
735 And he the burthen of a guiltie minde.
106736Hee like a theeui
sh dog creeps
sadly thence,
737Shee like a wearied Lambe lies panting there,
738He
scowles and hates him
selfe for his o
ffence,
739Shee de
sperat with her nailes her
fle
sh doth teare.
740He faintly
flies
sweating with guiltie feare;
741 Shee
staies exclayming on the direfull night,
742 He runnes and chides his vani
sht loth'd delight.
107743He thence departs a heauy conuertite,
744Shee there remaines a hopele
sse ca
st-away,
745He in his
speed lookes for the morning light:
746Shee prayes
shee neuer may behold the day.
747For daie, quoth
shee, nights
scapes doth open lay,
748 And my true eyes haue neuer pra
ctiz'd how
749 To cloake o
ffences with a cunning brow.
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