1892IN the ould age blacke was not counted faire,
1893Or if it weare it bore not beauties name:
1894But now is blacke beauties
succe
ssiue heire,
1895And Beautie
slanderd with a ba
stard
shame,
1896For
since each hand hath put on Natures power,
1897Fairing the foule with Arts faul
se borrow'd face,
1898Sweet beauty hath no name no holy boure,
1899But is prophan'd,
if not liues in di
sgrace.
1900Therefore my Mi
ster
sse eyes are Rauen blacke,
1901Her eyes
so
suted,
and they mourners
seeme,
1902At
such who not borne faire no beauty lack,
1903Slandring Creation with a fal
se e
steeme,
1904 Yet
so they mourne becomming of their woe,
1905That euery toung
saies beauty
should looke
so.
1907HOw oft when thou my mu
sike mu
sike play
st,
1908Vpon that ble
ssed wood who
se motion
sounds
1909With thy
sweet
fingers when thou gently
sway
st,
1910The wiry concord that mine eare confounds,
1911Do I enuie tho
se Iackes that nimble leape,
1912To ki
sse the tender inward of thy hand,
1913Whil
st my poore lips which
should that harue
st reape,
1914At the woods bouldnes by thee blu
shing
stand.
1915To be
so tikled they would change their
state,
1916And
situation with tho
se dancing chips,
1917Ore whome their
fingers walke with gentle gate,
1918Making dead wood more ble
st then liuing lips,
1919 Since
sau
sie Iackes
so happy are in this,
1920Giue them their
fingers,
me thy lips to ki
sse.
1922TH'expence of Spirit in a wa
ste of
shame
1923Is lu
st in a
ction,
and till a
ction , lu
st 1924Is periurd,
murdrous,
blouddy full of blame,
1925Sauage,
extreame,
rude,
cruell,
not to tru
st,
1926Inioyd no
sooner but di
spi
sed
straight,
1927Pa
st rea
son hunted, and no
sooner had
1928Pa
st rea
son hated as a
swollowed bayt,
1929On purpo
se layd to make the taker mad.
1930Made In pur
sut and in po
sse
ssion
so,
1931Had,
hauing,
and in que
st,
to haue extreame,
1932A bli
sse in proofe and proud and very wo,
1933Before a ioy propo
sd behind a dreame,
1934 All this the world well knowes yet none knowes well,
1935 To
shun the heauen that leads men to this hell.