Forget not then thine own approved, 35. The Appeal An Earnest Suit to his Unkind Mistress, not to AN Forsake him ND wilt thou leave me thus? And wilt thou leave me thus, And wilt thou leave me thus, Neither for pain nor smart: 35. grame] sorrow. 36. And wilt thou leave me thus, Of him that loveth thee? Alas, thy cruelty! And wilt thou leave me thus? Say nay say nay! A Revocation AT should I say? WHAT -Since Faith is dead, And Truth away From you is fled? Should I be led With doubleness? Nay! nay! mistress. I promised you, And you promised me, To be as true As I would be. But since I see Your double heart, Thought for to take 'Tis not my mind ; One so unkind; So will I trust. Farewell, unjust! Can ye say nay Should be obeyed? Or that I wist! 37. Vixi Puellis Nuper Idoneus... Thanked be fortune, it hath been otherwise Twenty times better; but once especial In thin array after a pleasant guise, When her loose gown did from her shoulders fall, It was no dream; for I lay broad awaking: And I have leave to go of her goodness; But since that I unkindly so am servèd, 'How like you this?'-what hath she now deservèd? She is neither white nor brown, Such a one did I meet, good sir, Such an angelic face, Who like a nymph, like a queen, did appear She hath left me here alone Who sometime did me lead with herself, And me loved as her own. What's the cause that she leaves you alone And a new way doth take, That sometime did love you as her own, I have loved her all my youth, Know that Love is a careless child, He is blind, he is deaf when he list, His desire is a dureless content, And a trustless joy; He is won with a world of despair, 27. 28. Of womenkind such indeed is the love, But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, The Lover in Winter Plaineth for O the Spring 16th Cent. (?) WESTERN wind, when wilt thou blow Balow 16th Cent. BALOW, my babe, lie still and sleep! When he began to court my love, |