IIIDid not the heavenly rhetoric of thine eye,’Gainst whom the world could not hold argument,Persuade my heart to this false perjury?Vows for thee broke deserve not punishment.A woman I forswore; but I will prove,Thou being a goddess, I forswore not thee:My vow was earthly, thou a heavenly love;Thy grace being gain’d cures all disgrace in me.My vow was breath, and breath a vapour is;Then, thou fair sun, that on this earth doth shine,Exhale this vapour vow; in thee it is;If broken then, it is no fault of mine.If by me broke, what fool is not so wiseTo break an oath, to win a paradise?
Did not the heavenly rhetoric of thine eye,’Gainst whom the world could not hold argument,Persuade my heart to this false perjury?Vows for thee broke deserve not punishment.A woman I forswore; but I will prove,Thou being a goddess, I forswore not thee:My vow was earthly, thou a heavenly love;Thy grace being gain’d cures all disgrace in me.My vow was breath, and breath a vapour is;Then, thou fair sun, that on this earth doth shine,Exhale this vapour vow; in thee it is;If broken then, it is no fault of mine.If by me broke, what fool is not so wiseTo break an oath, to win a paradise?