721AGain
st that time ( if euer that time come
) 722When I
shall
see thee frowne on my defe
cts,
723When as thy loue hath ca
st his vtmo
st summe,
724Cauld to that audite by adui
s'd re
spe
cts,
725Again
st that time when thou
shalt
strangely pa
sse,
726And
scarcely greete me with that
sunne thine eye,
727When loue conuerted from the thing it was
728Shall rea
sons
finde of
setled grauitie.
729Again
st that time do I in
sconce me here
730Within the knowledge of mine owne de
sart,
731And this my hand,
again
st my
selfe vpreare,
732To guard the lawfull rea
sons on thy part,
733 To leaue poore me,
thou ha
st the
strength of lawes,
734Since why to loue,
I can alledge no cau
se.
736HOw heauie doe I iourney on the way,
737When what I
seeke (my wearie trauels end
) 738Doth teach that ea
se and that repo
se to
say
739Thus farre the miles are mea
surde from thy friend.
740The bea
st that beares me,
tired with my woe,
741Plods duly on,
to beare that waight in me,
742As if by
some in
stin
ct the wretch did know
743His rider lou'd not
speed being made from thee:
744The bloody
spurre cannot prouoke him on,
745That
some-times anger thru
sts into his hide,
746Which heauily he an
swers with a grone,
747More
sharpe to me then
spurring to his
side,
748 For that
same grone doth put this in my mind,
749My greefe lies onward and my ioy behind.
751THus can my loue excu
se the
slow o
ffence,
752Of my dull bearer,
when from thee I
speed,
753From where thou art,
why
shoulld I ha
st me thence,
754Till I returne of po
sting is noe need.
755O what excu
se will my poore bea
st then
find,
756When
swift extremity can
seeme but
slow,
757Then
should I
spurre though mounted on the wind,
758In winged
speed no motion
shall I know,
759Then can no hor
se with my de
sire keepe pace,
760Therefore de
sire
(of perfe
cts loue being made
) 761Shall naigh noe dull
fle
sh in his
fiery race,
762But loue,
for loue,
thus
shall excu
se my iade,
763 Since from thee going,
he went wilfull
slow,
764Towards thee ile run,
and giue him leaue to goe.