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632To which love's eyes pays tributary gazes,
633Nor thy soft hands, sweet lips, and crystal eyne,
634Whose full perfection all the world amazes;
635 But having thee at vantage (wondrous dread!)
636 Would root these beauties as he roots the mead.
638Beauty hath naught to do with such foul fiends.
639Come not within his danger by thy will.
640They that thrive well take counsel of their friends.
641 When thou didst name the boar, not to dissemble,
642 I feared thy fortune, and my joints did tremble.
644Saw'st thou not signs of fear lurk in mine eye?
645Grew I not faint, and fell I not down right?
646Within my bosom, whereon thou dost lie,
647 My boding heart pants, beats, and takes no rest
648 But, like an earthquake, shakes thee on my breast.
650Doth call himself affection's sentinel,
651Gives false alarms, suggesteth mutiny,
652And, in a peaceful hour, doth cry, 'Kill, Kill.'
653 Distemp'ring gentle love in his desire,
654 As air and water do abate the fire.
656This canker that eats up love's tender spring,
657This carry-tale, dissentious jealousy,
658That sometime true news, sometime false doth bring,
659 Knocks at my heart and whispers in mine ear
660 That if I love thee, I thy death should fear.