26151Witnesse this Primrose banke whereon I lie,

152These forcelesse flowers like sturdy trees support me:

153Two strēgthles doues will draw me through the skie,

154From morne till night, euen where I list 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 affected?

158Can thy right hand ceaze loue vpon thy left?

159Then woo thy selfe, be of thy selfe reiected:

160Steale thine own freedome, and complaine on theft.

161 Narcissus so him selfe him selfe forsooke,

162 And died to kisse his shadow in the brooke.

28163Torches are made to light, iewels to weare,

164Dainties to tast, fresh beautie for the vse,

165Herbes for their smell, and sappie plants to beare.

166Things growing to them selues, are growths abuse,

167 Seeds spring frō seeds, & beauty breedeth beauty,

168 Thou wast begot, to get it is thy duty.

29169Vpon the earths increase why shouldst thou feed,

170Vnlesse the earth with thy increase 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 doestsuruiue,

174 In that thy likenesse still is left aliue.

30175By this the loue-sicke Queene began to sweate,

176For where they lay the shadow had forsooke them,

177And Titan tired in the midday heate,

178With burning eye did hotly ouer-looke them,

179 Wishing Adonis had his teame to guide,

180 So he were like him, and by Venus side.