A Defence of Poesie and Poems by Sir Philip Sidney
page 91 of 133 (68%)
page 91 of 133 (68%)
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WILL. Who made the band so fast? DICK. Wonder that, by two so black eyes the glitt'ring stars be past. WILL. What keepeth safe thy band? DICK. Remembrance is the chest Lock'd fast with knowing that she is of worldly things the best. WILL. Thou late of wages plain'dst: what wages may'sh thou have? DICK. Her heavenly looks, which more and more do give me cause to crave. WILL. If wages make you want, what food is that she gives? DICK. Tear's drink, sorrow's meat, wherewith not I, but in me my death lives. WILL. What living get you then? DICK. Disdain; but just disdain; So have I cause myself to plain, but no cause to complain. WILL. What care takes she for thee? DICK. Her care is to prevent My freedom, with show of her beams, with virtue, my content. |
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