676MIne eye and heart are at a mortall warre,

677How to deuide the conquest of thy sight,

678Mine eye, my heart their pictures sight would barre,

679My heart, mine eye the freeedome of that right,

680My heart doth plead that thou in him doost lye,

681(A closet neuer pearst with christall eyes)

682But the defendant doth that plea deny,

683And sayes in him their faire appearance lyes.

684To side this title is impannelled

685A quest of thoughts, all tennants to the heart,

686And by their verdict is determined

687The cleere eyes moyitie, and the deare hearts part.

688 As thus, mine eyes due is their outward part,

689And my hearts right, their inward loue of heart.

691BEtwixt mine eye and heart a league is tooke,

692And each doth good turnes now vnto the other,

693When that mine eye is famisht for a looke,

694Or heart in loue with sighes himselfe doth smother;

695With my loues picture then my eye doth feast,

696And to the painted banquet bids my heart:

697An other time mine eye is my hearts guest,

698And in his thoughts of loue doth share a part.

699So either by thy picture or my loue,

700Thy selfe away, are present still with me,

701For thou nor farther then my thoughts canst moue,

702And I am still with them, and they with thee.

703 Or if they sleepe, thy picture in my sight

704Awakes my heart, to hearts and eyes delight.

706HOw carefull was I when I tooke my way,

707Each trifle vnder truest barres to thrust,

708That to my vse it might vn-vsed stay

709From hands of falsehood, in sure wards of trust ?

710But thou, to whom my iewels trifles are,