26151Witne
sse this Primro
se banke whereon I lie,
152The
se forcele
sse
flowers like
sturdy trees
support me:
153Two
strēgthles doues will draw me through the skie,
154From morne till night, euen where I li
st to
sport me.
155 Is loue
so light
sweet boy, and may it be,
156 That thou
should thinke it heauie vnto thee?
27157Is thine owne heart to thine owne face a
ffe
cted?
158Can thy right hand ceaze loue vpon thy left?
159Then woo thy
selfe, be of thy
selfe reie
cted:
160Steale thine own freedome, and complaine on theft.
161 Narci
ssus
so him
selfe him
selfe for
sooke,
162 And died to ki
sse his
shadow in the brooke.
28163Torches are made to light, iewels to weare,
164Dainties to ta
st, fre
sh beautie for the v
se,
165Herbes for their
smell, and
sappie plants to beare.
166Things growing to them
selues, are growths abu
se,
167 Seeds
spring frō
seeds, & beauty breedeth beauty,
168 Thou wa
st begot, to get it is thy duty.
29169Vpon the earths increa
se why
should
st thou feed,
170Vnle
sse the earth with thy increa
se be fed?
171By law of nature thou art bound to breed,
172That thine may liue, when thou thy
selfe art dead:
173 And
so in
spite of death thou doe
stsuruiue,
174 In that thy likene
sse
still is left aliue.
30175By this the loue-
sicke Queene began to
sweate,
176For where they lay the
shadow had for
sooke them,
177And Titan tired in the midday heate,
178With burning eye did hotly ouer-looke them,
179 Wi
shing Adonis had his teame to guide,
180 So he were like him, and by Venus
side.