Song.

Lovers infinitenesse.1633-69:Mon Tout.A25,C:no title,B,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,O'F,P,S:Elegie.S96QueryLoves infinitenesse.3 move,Ed:move;1633-694 fall,Ed:fall.1633:fall;1635-696 teares,] teares1633spent.Ed:spent,1633-69 and Grolier:spent;Chambers8 Then1633-35,1669:That1639-549 were] was1669partiall] generallA25,C11 Thee1633:It1635-69(it1669)12 gavest] givest166913 then;1635-54:then,163317 and letters1633:in letters1635-6919 thee.1639-69:thee,1633-3520 it] is163321 is1633,1669:was1635-5425-6 And since my heart doth every day beget New love,&c.A25.29-30Except mine come when thine doth partAnd in such giving it, thou savest it:A25,CPerchance mine comes, when thine doth parte,And by such losing it,&c.JC31 have] love1669:findA25,C32 them] us1669

Lovers infinitenesse.1633-69:Mon Tout.A25,C:no title,B,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,O'F,P,S:Elegie.S96

QueryLoves infinitenesse.

3 move,Ed:move;1633-69

4 fall,Ed:fall.1633:fall;1635-69

6 teares,] teares1633

spent.Ed:spent,1633-69 and Grolier:spent;Chambers

8 Then1633-35,1669:That1639-54

9 were] was1669

partiall] generallA25,C

11 Thee1633:It1635-69(it1669)

12 gavest] givest1669

13 then;1635-54:then,1633

17 and letters1633:in letters1635-69

19 thee.1639-69:thee,1633-35

20 it] is1633

21 is1633,1669:was1635-54

25-6 And since my heart doth every day beget New love,&c.A25.

29-30

Except mine come when thine doth partAnd in such giving it, thou savest it:A25,CPerchance mine comes, when thine doth parte,And by such losing it,&c.JC

Except mine come when thine doth part

And in such giving it, thou savest it:A25,C

Perchance mine comes, when thine doth parte,

And by such losing it,&c.JC

31 have] love1669:findA25,C

32 them] us1669

Note

SWEETEST love, I do not goe,For wearinesse of thee,Nor in hope the world can showA fitter Love for mee;5But since that IMust dye at last, 'tis best,To use my selfe in jestThus by fain'd deaths to dye;Yesternight the Sunne went hence,10And yet is here to day,He hath no desire nor sense,Nor halfe so short a way:Then feare not mee,But beleeve that I shall make15Speedier journeyes, since I takeMore wings and spurres then hee.O how feeble is mans power,That if good fortune fall,Cannot adde another houre,20Nor a lost houre recall!But come bad chance,And wee joyne to'it our strength,And wee teach it art and length,It selfe o'r us to'advance.25When thou sigh'st, thou sigh'st not winde,But sigh'st my soule away,When thou weep'st, unkindly kinde,My lifes blood doth decay.It cannot bee30That thou lov'st mee, as thou say'st,If in thine my life thou waste,Thou art the best of mee.Let not thy divining heartForethinke me any ill,35Destiny may take thy part,And may thy feares fulfill;But thinke that weeAre but turn'd aside to sleepe;They who one another keepe40Alive, ne'r parted bee.

SWEETEST love, I do not goe,

For wearinesse of thee,

Nor in hope the world can show

A fitter Love for mee;

5But since that I

Must dye at last, 'tis best,

To use my selfe in jest

Thus by fain'd deaths to dye;

Yesternight the Sunne went hence,10And yet is here to day,He hath no desire nor sense,Nor halfe so short a way:Then feare not mee,But beleeve that I shall make15Speedier journeyes, since I takeMore wings and spurres then hee.

Yesternight the Sunne went hence,

10And yet is here to day,

He hath no desire nor sense,

Nor halfe so short a way:

Then feare not mee,

But beleeve that I shall make

15Speedier journeyes, since I take

More wings and spurres then hee.

O how feeble is mans power,That if good fortune fall,Cannot adde another houre,20Nor a lost houre recall!But come bad chance,And wee joyne to'it our strength,And wee teach it art and length,It selfe o'r us to'advance.

O how feeble is mans power,

That if good fortune fall,

Cannot adde another houre,

20Nor a lost houre recall!

But come bad chance,

And wee joyne to'it our strength,

And wee teach it art and length,

It selfe o'r us to'advance.

25When thou sigh'st, thou sigh'st not winde,But sigh'st my soule away,When thou weep'st, unkindly kinde,My lifes blood doth decay.It cannot bee30That thou lov'st mee, as thou say'st,If in thine my life thou waste,Thou art the best of mee.

25When thou sigh'st, thou sigh'st not winde,

But sigh'st my soule away,

When thou weep'st, unkindly kinde,

My lifes blood doth decay.

It cannot bee

30That thou lov'st mee, as thou say'st,

If in thine my life thou waste,

Thou art the best of mee.

Let not thy divining heartForethinke me any ill,35Destiny may take thy part,And may thy feares fulfill;But thinke that weeAre but turn'd aside to sleepe;They who one another keepe40Alive, ne'r parted bee.

Let not thy divining heart

Forethinke me any ill,

35Destiny may take thy part,

And may thy feares fulfill;

But thinke that wee

Are but turn'd aside to sleepe;

They who one another keepe

40Alive, ne'r parted bee.

Song.1633-69:Song.or no title,A18,A25,B,C,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,N,O'F,P,S,S96,TCC,TCD:in A18,N,TCC,TCD,this withSend home my long stray'd eyesandThe Baitare given asSongs which were made to certain ayres which were made before.1-4In most MSS. these lines are written as two long lines, and so with ll.9-12, 17-20, 25-28, 33-364 mee;1650-69:mee,1633-395-8 But since ... dye;1633,A18,A25,B,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,N,P,S,S96,TC:At the last must part 'tis best,Thus to use my selfe in jestBy fained deaths to dye;1635-54,O'F:Must dye at last, 'tis best,Thus to use my self in jestBy fained death to dye;166915 Speedier] Hastier166920 recall!Ed:recall?1633-6925 not wind1633:no wind1635-6932 Thou1633 and MSS. generally:That1635-54:Which1669best1633-54:life166936 may1633-35,1669:make1639-54fulfill;Ed:fulfill,1633-6938 turn'd] lai'd1669

1-4In most MSS. these lines are written as two long lines, and so with ll.9-12, 17-20, 25-28, 33-36

4 mee;1650-69:mee,1633-39

5-8 But since ... dye;1633,A18,A25,B,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,N,P,S,S96,TC:

At the last must part 'tis best,Thus to use my selfe in jestBy fained deaths to dye;1635-54,O'F:Must dye at last, 'tis best,Thus to use my self in jestBy fained death to dye;1669

At the last must part 'tis best,

Thus to use my selfe in jest

By fained deaths to dye;1635-54,O'F:

Must dye at last, 'tis best,

Thus to use my self in jest

By fained death to dye;1669

15 Speedier] Hastier1669

20 recall!Ed:recall?1633-69

25 not wind1633:no wind1635-69

32 Thou1633 and MSS. generally:That1635-54:Which1669

best1633-54:life1669

36 may1633-35,1669:make1639-54

fulfill;Ed:fulfill,1633-69

38 turn'd] lai'd1669

Note

WHEN I dyed last, and, Deare, I dyeAs often as from thee I goe,Though it be but an houre agoe,And Lovers houres be full eternity,5I can remember yet, that ISomething did say, and something did bestow;Though I be dead, which sent mee, I should beMine owne executor and Legacie.I heard mee say, Tell her anon,10That my selfe, (that is you, not I,)Did kill me, and when I felt mee dye,I bid mee send my heart, when I was gone,But I alas could there finde none,When I had ripp'd me,'and search'd where hearts did lye;15It kill'd mee againe, that I who still was true,In life, in my last Will should cozen you.Yet I found something like a heart,But colours it, and corners had,It was not good, it was not bad,20It was intire to none, and few had part.As good as could be made by artIt seem'd; and therefore for our losses sad,I meant to send this heart in stead of mine,But oh, no man could hold it, for twas thine.

WHEN I dyed last, and, Deare, I dye

As often as from thee I goe,

Though it be but an houre agoe,

And Lovers houres be full eternity,

5I can remember yet, that I

Something did say, and something did bestow;

Though I be dead, which sent mee, I should be

Mine owne executor and Legacie.

I heard mee say, Tell her anon,10That my selfe, (that is you, not I,)Did kill me, and when I felt mee dye,I bid mee send my heart, when I was gone,But I alas could there finde none,When I had ripp'd me,'and search'd where hearts did lye;15It kill'd mee againe, that I who still was true,In life, in my last Will should cozen you.

I heard mee say, Tell her anon,

10That my selfe, (that is you, not I,)

Did kill me, and when I felt mee dye,

I bid mee send my heart, when I was gone,

But I alas could there finde none,

When I had ripp'd me,'and search'd where hearts did lye;

15It kill'd mee againe, that I who still was true,

In life, in my last Will should cozen you.

Yet I found something like a heart,But colours it, and corners had,It was not good, it was not bad,20It was intire to none, and few had part.As good as could be made by artIt seem'd; and therefore for our losses sad,I meant to send this heart in stead of mine,But oh, no man could hold it, for twas thine.

Yet I found something like a heart,

But colours it, and corners had,

It was not good, it was not bad,

20It was intire to none, and few had part.

As good as could be made by art

It seem'd; and therefore for our losses sad,

I meant to send this heart in stead of mine,

But oh, no man could hold it, for twas thine.

The Legacie.1633-69:Legacie.L74:Song.or no title,A25,B,Cy,D,H40,H49,Lec,O'F,P,S,S96:Elegie.A18,N,TCC,TCD1 When I dyed last,] When last I dyed,16691-4 (and deare ... eternity)Grolier.7 sent1633,1669:meant1635-54should be] might be166910 that is1635-69:that's1633:brackets from A18,N,TC13 none,1633-69:none.Chambers and Grolier14 When ... did1633,A25(doe),D,H40,H49,Lec,S,S96:When I had ripp'd, and search'd where hearts should1635-69,A18,L74,N,TClye;Ed:lye,1633-69,Chambers and Grolier.See note18 But] For1650-6920 part.1633-39:part:1650-6922 seem'd;Ed:seem'd,1633-69,Grolier, and Chambersour losses sad,1633-54,A18,A25,L74,N,O'F,P,S96,TC:our loss be sad,1669:our loss be ye sad.B,Cy,D,H40,H49,Lec,S:our losses sad;Grolier:our loss be sad.Chambers23 meant] thoughtA18,L74,N,O'F,TCthis1633:that1635-69

The Legacie.1633-69:Legacie.L74:Song.or no title,A25,B,Cy,D,H40,H49,Lec,O'F,P,S,S96:Elegie.A18,N,TCC,TCD

1 When I dyed last,] When last I dyed,1669

1-4 (and deare ... eternity)Grolier.

7 sent1633,1669:meant1635-54

should be] might be1669

10 that is1635-69:that's1633:brackets from A18,N,TC

13 none,1633-69:none.Chambers and Grolier

14 When ... did1633,A25(doe),D,H40,H49,Lec,S,S96:When I had ripp'd, and search'd where hearts should1635-69,A18,L74,N,TClye;Ed:lye,1633-69,Chambers and Grolier.See note

18 But] For1650-69

20 part.1633-39:part:1650-69

22 seem'd;Ed:seem'd,1633-69,Grolier, and Chambers

our losses sad,1633-54,A18,A25,L74,N,O'F,P,S96,TC:our loss be sad,1669:our loss be ye sad.B,Cy,D,H40,H49,Lec,S:our losses sad;Grolier:our loss be sad.Chambers

23 meant] thoughtA18,L74,N,O'F,TC

this1633:that1635-69

Note

OH doe not die, for I shall hateAll women so, when thou art gone,That thee I shall not celebrate,When I remember, thou wast one.5But yet thou canst not die, I know;To leave this world behinde, is death,But when thou from this world wilt goe,The whole world vapors with thy breath.Or if, when thou, the worlds soule, goest,10It stay, tis but thy carkasse then,The fairest woman, but thy ghost,But corrupt wormes, the worthyest men.O wrangling schooles, that search what fireShall burne this world, had none the wit15Unto this knowledge to aspire,That this her feaver might be it?And yet she cannot wast by this,Nor long beare this torturing wrong,For much corruption needfull is20To fuell such a feaver long.These burning fits but meteors bee,Whose matter in thee is soone spent.Thy beauty,'and all parts, which are thee,Are unchangeable firmament.25Yet t'was of my minde, seising thee,Though it in thee cannot persever.For I had rather owner beeOf thee one houre, then all else ever.

OH doe not die, for I shall hateAll women so, when thou art gone,That thee I shall not celebrate,When I remember, thou wast one.

OH doe not die, for I shall hate

All women so, when thou art gone,

That thee I shall not celebrate,

When I remember, thou wast one.

5But yet thou canst not die, I know;To leave this world behinde, is death,But when thou from this world wilt goe,The whole world vapors with thy breath.

5But yet thou canst not die, I know;

To leave this world behinde, is death,

But when thou from this world wilt goe,

The whole world vapors with thy breath.

Or if, when thou, the worlds soule, goest,10It stay, tis but thy carkasse then,The fairest woman, but thy ghost,But corrupt wormes, the worthyest men.

Or if, when thou, the worlds soule, goest,

10It stay, tis but thy carkasse then,

The fairest woman, but thy ghost,

But corrupt wormes, the worthyest men.

O wrangling schooles, that search what fireShall burne this world, had none the wit15Unto this knowledge to aspire,That this her feaver might be it?

O wrangling schooles, that search what fire

Shall burne this world, had none the wit

15Unto this knowledge to aspire,

That this her feaver might be it?

And yet she cannot wast by this,Nor long beare this torturing wrong,For much corruption needfull is20To fuell such a feaver long.

And yet she cannot wast by this,

Nor long beare this torturing wrong,

For much corruption needfull is

20To fuell such a feaver long.

These burning fits but meteors bee,Whose matter in thee is soone spent.Thy beauty,'and all parts, which are thee,Are unchangeable firmament.

These burning fits but meteors bee,

Whose matter in thee is soone spent.

Thy beauty,'and all parts, which are thee,

Are unchangeable firmament.

25Yet t'was of my minde, seising thee,Though it in thee cannot persever.For I had rather owner beeOf thee one houre, then all else ever.

25Yet t'was of my minde, seising thee,

Though it in thee cannot persever.

For I had rather owner bee

Of thee one houre, then all else ever.

A Feaver.1633-69,D,H40,H49,Lec,S96:Of a fever.L74:The Fever.B,Cy,O'F,P:Fever.A18,N,TCC,TCD:no title,JC5 know;Ed:know,1633-698 with] in166916 might] mustTCC18 beare] endure1669torturing] tormentingJC,O'F(corr. fromtorturing)19 For much1633,A18,B,D,H40,H49,JC,L74,Lec,N,S,S96,TC:For more1635-69,O'F:Far moreCy,P22 is soon] soon is166924 Are] Are an1669,P,S9625 Yet 'twas of1633-54:And here as166927 For] Yet1669

A Feaver.1633-69,D,H40,H49,Lec,S96:Of a fever.L74:The Fever.B,Cy,O'F,P:Fever.A18,N,TCC,TCD:no title,JC

5 know;Ed:know,1633-69

8 with] in1669

16 might] mustTCC

18 beare] endure1669

torturing] tormentingJC,O'F(corr. fromtorturing)

19 For much1633,A18,B,D,H40,H49,JC,L74,Lec,N,S,S96,TC:For more1635-69,O'F:Far moreCy,P

22 is soon] soon is1669

24 Are] Are an1669,P,S96

25 Yet 'twas of1633-54:And here as1669

27 For] Yet1669

Note

TWICE or thrice had I loved thee,Before I knew thy face or name;So in a voice, so in a shapelesse flame,Angellsaffect us oft, and worship'd bee;5Still when, to where thou wert, I came,Some lovely glorious nothing I did see.But since my soule, whose child love is,Takes limmes of flesh, and else could nothing doe,More subtile then the parent is,10Love must not be, but take a body too,And therefore what thou wert, and who,I bid Love aske, and nowThat it assume thy body, I allow,And fixe it selfe in thy lip, eye, and brow.15Whilst thus to ballast love, I thought,And so more steddily to have gone,With wares which would sinke admiration,I saw, I had loves pinnace overfraught,Ev'ry thy haire for love to worke upon20Is much too much, some fitter must be sought;For, nor in nothing, nor in thingsExtreme, and scatt'ring bright, can love inhere;Then as an Angell, face, and wingsOf aire, not pure as it, yet pure doth weare,25So thy love may be my loves spheare;Just such disparitieAs is twixt Aire and Angells puritie,'Twixt womens love, and mens will ever bee.

TWICE or thrice had I loved thee,

Before I knew thy face or name;

So in a voice, so in a shapelesse flame,

Angellsaffect us oft, and worship'd bee;

5Still when, to where thou wert, I came,

Some lovely glorious nothing I did see.

But since my soule, whose child love is,

Takes limmes of flesh, and else could nothing doe,

More subtile then the parent is,

10Love must not be, but take a body too,

And therefore what thou wert, and who,

I bid Love aske, and now

That it assume thy body, I allow,

And fixe it selfe in thy lip, eye, and brow.

15Whilst thus to ballast love, I thought,And so more steddily to have gone,With wares which would sinke admiration,I saw, I had loves pinnace overfraught,Ev'ry thy haire for love to worke upon20Is much too much, some fitter must be sought;For, nor in nothing, nor in thingsExtreme, and scatt'ring bright, can love inhere;Then as an Angell, face, and wingsOf aire, not pure as it, yet pure doth weare,25So thy love may be my loves spheare;Just such disparitieAs is twixt Aire and Angells puritie,'Twixt womens love, and mens will ever bee.

15Whilst thus to ballast love, I thought,

And so more steddily to have gone,

With wares which would sinke admiration,

I saw, I had loves pinnace overfraught,

Ev'ry thy haire for love to worke upon

20Is much too much, some fitter must be sought;

For, nor in nothing, nor in things

Extreme, and scatt'ring bright, can love inhere;

Then as an Angell, face, and wings

Of aire, not pure as it, yet pure doth weare,

25So thy love may be my loves spheare;

Just such disparitie

As is twixt Aire and Angells puritie,

'Twixt womens love, and mens will ever bee.

Aire and Angels.1633-69,A18,D,H49,JC,Lec,N,O'F,P,S,S96,TCC,TCD:no title,B,H404 bee;Ed:bee,1633-695 came,] came16336 I did] did I1669see.Ed:see,1633-697 sinceEd:since,1633-6911 who,Ed:who1633-6914 lip, eye,] lips, eyes,1669,Chambers19 Ev'ry thy1633-39,A18,B(Even),D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,N,O'F,S(Ever),S96,TC:Thy every1650-6922 scatt'ringEd:scattring,1633-35:scattering1639-6927 Aire1633-54 and all MSS.:Airs1669,Chambers

Aire and Angels.1633-69,A18,D,H49,JC,Lec,N,O'F,P,S,S96,TCC,TCD:no title,B,H40

4 bee;Ed:bee,1633-69

5 came,] came1633

6 I did] did I1669

see.Ed:see,1633-69

7 sinceEd:since,1633-69

11 who,Ed:who1633-69

14 lip, eye,] lips, eyes,1669,Chambers

19 Ev'ry thy1633-39,A18,B(Even),D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,N,O'F,S(Ever),S96,TC:Thy every1650-69

22 scatt'ringEd:scattring,1633-35:scattering1639-69

27 Aire1633-54 and all MSS.:Airs1669,Chambers

NoteMusic

'TIS true, 'tis day; what though it be?O wilt thou therefore rise from me?Why should we rise, because 'tis light?Did we lie downe, because 'twas night?5Love which in spight of darknesse brought us hether,Should in despight of light keepe us together.Light hath no tongue, but is all eye;If it could speake as well as spie,This were the worst, that it could say,10That being well, I faine would stay,And that I lov'd my heart and honor so,That I would not from him, that had them, goe.Must businesse thee from hence remove?Oh, that's the worst disease of love,15The poore, the foule, the false, love canAdmit, but not the busied man.He which hath businesse, and makes love, doth doeSuch wrong, as when a maryed man doth wooe.

'TIS true, 'tis day; what though it be?

O wilt thou therefore rise from me?

Why should we rise, because 'tis light?

Did we lie downe, because 'twas night?

5Love which in spight of darknesse brought us hether,

Should in despight of light keepe us together.

Light hath no tongue, but is all eye;If it could speake as well as spie,This were the worst, that it could say,10That being well, I faine would stay,And that I lov'd my heart and honor so,That I would not from him, that had them, goe.

Light hath no tongue, but is all eye;

If it could speake as well as spie,

This were the worst, that it could say,

10That being well, I faine would stay,

And that I lov'd my heart and honor so,

That I would not from him, that had them, goe.

Must businesse thee from hence remove?Oh, that's the worst disease of love,15The poore, the foule, the false, love canAdmit, but not the busied man.He which hath businesse, and makes love, doth doeSuch wrong, as when a maryed man doth wooe.

Must businesse thee from hence remove?

Oh, that's the worst disease of love,

15The poore, the foule, the false, love can

Admit, but not the busied man.

He which hath businesse, and makes love, doth doe

Such wrong, as when a maryed man doth wooe.

Breake of day,1633-69,A18,L74,N,TCC,TCD:no title orSonnet,B,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,O'F,P,S,S96:A Songe.A251 day;] day,16335 in spight of1633-39,1669,A25,JC,S96:in dispight1650-54,A18,D,H40,H49,L74,Lec,N,S,TC6 in despight1633,1650-69:in spight1635-39keepe] holdeA18,L74,N,S96,TC9 were] isA18,L74,N,O'F,STC11 I lov'd] I loveJC,N,O'F,TC12 him, that had them1633-54,D,H49,Lec,S:him that had them (orit)A25,B,C,L74,N,O'F,TC:her, that had them,1669:her that hath themB,JC(it),S9615 foule,] foole,H4018 as when ... doth1633,1669,A25,C,D,H40,H49,Lec,S,S96:as if ... shouldA18,B,JC,L74,N,O'F,TC:as when ... should1635-54

Breake of day,1633-69,A18,L74,N,TCC,TCD:no title orSonnet,B,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,O'F,P,S,S96:A Songe.A25

1 day;] day,1633

5 in spight of1633-39,1669,A25,JC,S96:in dispight1650-54,A18,D,H40,H49,L74,Lec,N,S,TC

6 in despight1633,1650-69:in spight1635-39

keepe] holdeA18,L74,N,S96,TC

9 were] isA18,L74,N,O'F,STC

11 I lov'd] I loveJC,N,O'F,TC

12 him, that had them1633-54,D,H49,Lec,S:him that had them (orit)A25,B,C,L74,N,O'F,TC:her, that had them,1669:her that hath themB,JC(it),S96

15 foule,] foole,H40

18 as when ... doth1633,1669,A25,C,D,H40,H49,Lec,S,S96:as if ... shouldA18,B,JC,L74,N,O'F,TC:as when ... should1635-54

Note

ALL Kings, and all their favorites,All glory of honors, beauties, wits,The Sun it selfe, which makes times, as they passe,Is elder by a yeare, now, then it was5When thou and I first one another saw:All other things, to their destruction draw,Only our love hath no decay;This, no to morrow hath, nor yesterday,Running it never runs from us away,10But truly keepes his first, last, everlasting day.Two graves must hide thine and my coarse,If one might, death were no divorce.Alas, as well as other Princes, wee,(Who Prince enough in one another bee,)15Must leave at last in death, these eyes, and eares,Oft fed with true oathes, and with sweet salt teares;But soules where nothing dwells but love(All other thoughts being inmates) then shall proveThis, or a love increased there above,20When bodies to their graves, soules from their graves remove.And then wee shall be throughly blest,But wee no more, then all the rest;Here upon earth, we'are Kings, and none but weeCan be such Kings, nor of such subjects bee.25Who is so safe as wee? where none can doeTreason to us, except one of us two.True and false feares let us refraine,Let us love nobly, and live, and adde againeYeares and yeares unto yeares, till we attaine30To write threescore: this is the second of our raigne.

ALL Kings, and all their favorites,

All glory of honors, beauties, wits,

The Sun it selfe, which makes times, as they passe,

Is elder by a yeare, now, then it was

5When thou and I first one another saw:

All other things, to their destruction draw,

Only our love hath no decay;

This, no to morrow hath, nor yesterday,

Running it never runs from us away,

10But truly keepes his first, last, everlasting day.

Two graves must hide thine and my coarse,If one might, death were no divorce.Alas, as well as other Princes, wee,(Who Prince enough in one another bee,)15Must leave at last in death, these eyes, and eares,Oft fed with true oathes, and with sweet salt teares;But soules where nothing dwells but love(All other thoughts being inmates) then shall proveThis, or a love increased there above,20When bodies to their graves, soules from their graves remove.

Two graves must hide thine and my coarse,

If one might, death were no divorce.

Alas, as well as other Princes, wee,

(Who Prince enough in one another bee,)

15Must leave at last in death, these eyes, and eares,

Oft fed with true oathes, and with sweet salt teares;

But soules where nothing dwells but love

(All other thoughts being inmates) then shall prove

This, or a love increased there above,

20When bodies to their graves, soules from their graves remove.

And then wee shall be throughly blest,But wee no more, then all the rest;Here upon earth, we'are Kings, and none but weeCan be such Kings, nor of such subjects bee.25Who is so safe as wee? where none can doeTreason to us, except one of us two.True and false feares let us refraine,Let us love nobly, and live, and adde againeYeares and yeares unto yeares, till we attaine30To write threescore: this is the second of our raigne.

And then wee shall be throughly blest,

But wee no more, then all the rest;

Here upon earth, we'are Kings, and none but wee

Can be such Kings, nor of such subjects bee.

25Who is so safe as wee? where none can doe

Treason to us, except one of us two.

True and false feares let us refraine,

Let us love nobly, and live, and adde againe

Yeares and yeares unto yeares, till we attaine

30To write threescore: this is the second of our raigne.

The Anniversarie.1633-69,A18,N,TCC,TCD:no title,B,Cy,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,O'F,P,S:Ad Liviam.S963 times, as they passe,1633,1669(which bracketswhich ... pass),MSS.:times, as these pass,1635-54:time, as they pass,Chambers, who attributes to 1633, 166912 divorce.Ed:divorce,1633-6917 loveEd:love;1633-6920 to their graves] to their grave1635-3922 weeA18,B,Cy,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,N,O'F,P,S,S96,TC:now1633-69.See noterest;Ed:rest.1633-6923 noneom. 1669, D, H40, H49, JC, Lec, S, S9624 None are such Kings,1669,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,S,S96nor] andD,H40,H49,JC,Lec,S,S96, bee.Ed:bee;1633-6927 refraine,] refraine.166930 threescore:Grolier:threescore,1633-69

The Anniversarie.1633-69,A18,N,TCC,TCD:no title,B,Cy,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,O'F,P,S:Ad Liviam.S96

3 times, as they passe,1633,1669(which bracketswhich ... pass),MSS.:times, as these pass,1635-54:time, as they pass,Chambers, who attributes to 1633, 1669

12 divorce.Ed:divorce,1633-69

17 loveEd:love;1633-69

20 to their graves] to their grave1635-39

22 weeA18,B,Cy,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,N,O'F,P,S,S96,TC:now1633-69.See note

rest;Ed:rest.1633-69

23 noneom. 1669, D, H40, H49, JC, Lec, S, S96

24 None are such Kings,1669,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,S,S96

nor] andD,H40,H49,JC,Lec,S,S96, bee.Ed:bee;1633-69

27 refraine,] refraine.1669

30 threescore:Grolier:threescore,1633-69

Note

MY name engrav'd herein,Doth contribute my firmnesse to this glasse,Which, ever since that charme, hath beeneAs hard, as that which grav'd it, was;5Thine eye will give it price enough, to mockThe diamonds of either rock.

MY name engrav'd herein,

Doth contribute my firmnesse to this glasse,

Which, ever since that charme, hath beene

As hard, as that which grav'd it, was;

5Thine eye will give it price enough, to mock

The diamonds of either rock.

'Tis much that Glasse should beeAs all confessing, and through-shine as I,'Tis more, that it shewes thee to thee,10And cleare reflects thee to thine eye.But all such rules, loves magique can undoe,Here you see mee, and I am you.

'Tis much that Glasse should bee

As all confessing, and through-shine as I,

'Tis more, that it shewes thee to thee,

10And cleare reflects thee to thine eye.

But all such rules, loves magique can undoe,

Here you see mee, and I am you.

As no one point, nor dash,Which are but accessaries to this name,15The showers and tempests can outwash,So shall all times finde mee the same;You this intirenesse better may fulfill,Who have the patterne with you still.

As no one point, nor dash,

Which are but accessaries to this name,

15The showers and tempests can outwash,

So shall all times finde mee the same;

You this intirenesse better may fulfill,

Who have the patterne with you still.

Or, if too hard and deepe20This learning be, for a scratch'd name to teach,It, as a given deaths head keepe,Lovers mortalitie to preach,Or thinke this ragged bony name to beeMy ruinous Anatomie.

Or, if too hard and deepe

20This learning be, for a scratch'd name to teach,

It, as a given deaths head keepe,

Lovers mortalitie to preach,

Or thinke this ragged bony name to bee

My ruinous Anatomie.

25Then, as all my soules bee,Emparadis'd in you, (in whom aloneI understand, and grow and see,)The rafters of my body, boneBeing still with you, the Muscle, Sinew, and Veine,30Which tile this house, will come againe.

25Then, as all my soules bee,

Emparadis'd in you, (in whom alone

I understand, and grow and see,)

The rafters of my body, bone

Being still with you, the Muscle, Sinew, and Veine,

30Which tile this house, will come againe.

Till my returne, repaireAnd recompact my scattered body so.As all the vertuous powers which areFix'd in the starres, are said to flow35Into such characters, as graved beeWhen these starres have supremacie:

Till my returne, repaire

And recompact my scattered body so.

As all the vertuous powers which are

Fix'd in the starres, are said to flow

35Into such characters, as graved bee

When these starres have supremacie:

So, since this name was cutWhen love and griefe their exaltation had,No doore 'gainst this names influence shut;40As much more loving, as more sad,'Twill make thee; and thou shouldst, till I returne,Since I die daily, daily mourne.

So, since this name was cut

When love and griefe their exaltation had,

No doore 'gainst this names influence shut;

40As much more loving, as more sad,

'Twill make thee; and thou shouldst, till I returne,

Since I die daily, daily mourne.

When thy inconsiderate handFlings ope this casement, with my trembling name,45To looke on one, whose wit or land,New battry to thy heart may frame,Then thinke this name alive, and that thou thusIn it offendst my Genius.

When thy inconsiderate hand

Flings ope this casement, with my trembling name,

45To looke on one, whose wit or land,

New battry to thy heart may frame,

Then thinke this name alive, and that thou thus

In it offendst my Genius.

And when thy melted maid,50Corrupted by thy Lover's gold, and page,His letter at thy pillow'hath laid,Disputed it, and tam'd thy rage,And thou begin'st to thaw towards him, for this,May my name step in, and hide his.

And when thy melted maid,

50Corrupted by thy Lover's gold, and page,

His letter at thy pillow'hath laid,

Disputed it, and tam'd thy rage,

And thou begin'st to thaw towards him, for this,

May my name step in, and hide his.

55And if this treason goeTo an overt act, and that thou write againe;In superscribing, this name flowInto thy fancy, from the pane.So, in forgetting thou remembrest right,60And unaware to mee shalt write.

55And if this treason goe

To an overt act, and that thou write againe;

In superscribing, this name flow

Into thy fancy, from the pane.

So, in forgetting thou remembrest right,

60And unaware to mee shalt write.

But glasse, and lines must bee,No meanes our firme substantiall love to keepe;Neere death inflicts this lethargie,And this I murmure in my sleepe;65Impute this idle talke, to that I goe,For dying men talke often so.

But glasse, and lines must bee,

No meanes our firme substantiall love to keepe;

Neere death inflicts this lethargie,

And this I murmure in my sleepe;

65Impute this idle talke, to that I goe,

For dying men talke often so.

A Valediction: Of&c.D,H49:A Valediction of&c.1633-69,H40,Lec; Valediction of&c.A18,N,TCC,TCD:A Valediction of my name in the Glasse WindowCy:A Valediction to&c.B:Valediction 4: of GlasseO'F:Valediction in GlasseP:The Diamond and GlasseS:Vpon the ingravinge of his name with a Diamonde in his mistris windowe when he was to travel.S96(This is added to the title in O'F.):similarly, JC4 was;Ed:was,1633-695 eye] eyesA18,B,Cy,JC,N,O'F,P,S,S96,TC8 I,1633-54:I166912 am you.] see you.166914 accessaries1633-69,O'F,S:accessaryA18,B,Cy,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,N,P,S96,TC15 tempests1633,1669:tempest1635-5419 Or,Ed:Or1633-6932 so.1633-35:so,1639-69,Chambers.See note34 flowEd:flow,1633-6936 these1633:those1635-69have] had1669supremacie:1633-69:supremacie.1650-69.See note37 So,Ed:So1633-6939 shut;Ed:shut,1633-6944 ope1633-69,O'F,S96:outA18,B,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,N,P,S,TC48 offendst] offends166950 and] or1669,JC,O'F,S9652-3Disputed thou it, and tame thy rage.If thou to him begin'st to thaw for this,166955 goe] groweJC,O'F,S56 againe;1633:againe:1635-6957 this] my166958 pane.1633:Pen,1635-69,O'F,S60 unaware] unawaresB,N,O'F,P,S,S96,TC64 this] thus1635-69,O'F,P,S,S96

4 was;Ed:was,1633-69

5 eye] eyesA18,B,Cy,JC,N,O'F,P,S,S96,TC

8 I,1633-54:I1669

12 am you.] see you.1669

14 accessaries1633-69,O'F,S:accessaryA18,B,Cy,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,N,P,S96,TC

15 tempests1633,1669:tempest1635-54

19 Or,Ed:Or1633-69

32 so.1633-35:so,1639-69,Chambers.See note

34 flowEd:flow,1633-69

36 these1633:those1635-69

have] had1669

supremacie:1633-69:supremacie.1650-69.See note

37 So,Ed:So1633-69

39 shut;Ed:shut,1633-69

44 ope1633-69,O'F,S96:outA18,B,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,N,P,S,TC

48 offendst] offends1669

50 and] or1669,JC,O'F,S96

52-3

Disputed thou it, and tame thy rage.If thou to him begin'st to thaw for this,1669

Disputed thou it, and tame thy rage.

If thou to him begin'st to thaw for this,1669

55 goe] groweJC,O'F,S

56 againe;1633:againe:1635-69

57 this] my1669

58 pane.1633:Pen,1635-69,O'F,S

60 unaware] unawaresB,N,O'F,P,S,S96,TC

64 this] thus1635-69,O'F,P,S,S96

Note

BLASTED with sighs, and surrounded with teares,Hither I come to seeke the spring,And at mine eyes, and at mine eares,Receive such balmes, as else cure every thing;5But O, selfe traytor, I do bringThe spider love, which transubstantiates all,And can convert Manna to gall,And that this place may thoroughly be thoughtTrue Paradise, I have the serpent brought.10'Twere wholsomer for mee, that winter didBenight the glory of this place,And that a grave frost did forbidThese trees to laugh, and mocke mee to my face;But that I may not this disgrace15Indure, nor yet leave loving, Love let meeSome senslesse peece of this place bee;Make me a mandrake, so I may groane here,Or a stone fountaine weeping out my yeare.Hither with christall vyals, lovers come,20And take my teares, which are loves wine,And try your mistresse Teares at home,For all are false, that tast not just like mine;Alas, hearts do not in eyes shine,Nor can you more judge womans thoughts by teares,25Then by her shadow, what she weares.O perverse sexe, where none is true but shee,Who's therefore true, because her truth kills mee.

BLASTED with sighs, and surrounded with teares,

Hither I come to seeke the spring,

And at mine eyes, and at mine eares,

Receive such balmes, as else cure every thing;

5But O, selfe traytor, I do bring

The spider love, which transubstantiates all,

And can convert Manna to gall,

And that this place may thoroughly be thought

True Paradise, I have the serpent brought.

10'Twere wholsomer for mee, that winter didBenight the glory of this place,And that a grave frost did forbidThese trees to laugh, and mocke mee to my face;But that I may not this disgrace15Indure, nor yet leave loving, Love let meeSome senslesse peece of this place bee;Make me a mandrake, so I may groane here,Or a stone fountaine weeping out my yeare.

10'Twere wholsomer for mee, that winter did

Benight the glory of this place,

And that a grave frost did forbid

These trees to laugh, and mocke mee to my face;

But that I may not this disgrace

15Indure, nor yet leave loving, Love let mee

Some senslesse peece of this place bee;

Make me a mandrake, so I may groane here,

Or a stone fountaine weeping out my yeare.

Hither with christall vyals, lovers come,20And take my teares, which are loves wine,And try your mistresse Teares at home,For all are false, that tast not just like mine;Alas, hearts do not in eyes shine,Nor can you more judge womans thoughts by teares,25Then by her shadow, what she weares.O perverse sexe, where none is true but shee,Who's therefore true, because her truth kills mee.

Hither with christall vyals, lovers come,

20And take my teares, which are loves wine,

And try your mistresse Teares at home,

For all are false, that tast not just like mine;

Alas, hearts do not in eyes shine,

Nor can you more judge womans thoughts by teares,

25Then by her shadow, what she weares.

O perverse sexe, where none is true but shee,

Who's therefore true, because her truth kills mee.

Twicknam garden.1633-69:do. orTwitnam Garden.A18,L74(in margin),N,O'F,P,S,S96,TCC,TCD:In a Garden.B:no title,A25,Cy,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,P3 eares] years16694 balms ... cure1633,A25,D,H49:balm ... cures1635-69,A18,B,Cy,L74,N,O'F,P,S,S96,TCthing;Ed:thing,1633:thing:1635-696 spider] spiders16698 thoroughly1633-39:throughly1650-6912 did] wouldA18,A25,N,TC13 laugh,] laugh163314 that I may not] since I cannot166915 nor yet leave loving,1633:om. D,H40,H49,Lec:nor leave this garden,1635-69,A18,A25,Cy,JC,L74,N,O'F,P,S,S96,TC17 groaneA18,D,H40,H49,N,TC:grow1633-69,B,L74,Lec,O'F,P,S,S9618 my yeare,1633,1669,D,H40,H49,Lec:the yeare.1635-54,A18,A25,L74,N,O'F,P,TC20 loves] lovers163924 womansA18,D,H40,H49,L74,N,TC:womens1633-69,Lec,P,S96

Twicknam garden.1633-69:do. orTwitnam Garden.A18,L74(in margin),N,O'F,P,S,S96,TCC,TCD:In a Garden.B:no title,A25,Cy,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,P

3 eares] years1669

4 balms ... cure1633,A25,D,H49:balm ... cures1635-69,A18,B,Cy,L74,N,O'F,P,S,S96,TC

thing;Ed:thing,1633:thing:1635-69

6 spider] spiders1669

8 thoroughly1633-39:throughly1650-69

12 did] wouldA18,A25,N,TC

13 laugh,] laugh1633

14 that I may not] since I cannot1669

15 nor yet leave loving,1633:om. D,H40,H49,Lec:nor leave this garden,1635-69,A18,A25,Cy,JC,L74,N,O'F,P,S,S96,TC

17 groaneA18,D,H40,H49,N,TC:grow1633-69,B,L74,Lec,O'F,P,S,S96

18 my yeare,1633,1669,D,H40,H49,Lec:the yeare.1635-54,A18,A25,L74,N,O'F,P,TC

20 loves] lovers1639

24 womansA18,D,H40,H49,L74,N,TC:womens1633-69,Lec,P,S96

Note

I'LL tell thee now (deare Love) what thou shalt doeTo anger destiny, as she doth us,How I shall stay, though she Esloygne me thusAnd how posterity shall know it too;5How thine may out-endureSybills glory, and obscureHer who from Pindar could allure,And her, through whose helpeLucanis not lame,And her, whose booke (they say)Homerdid finde, and name.10Study our manuscripts, those MyriadesOf letters, which have past twixt thee and mee,Thence write our Annals, and in them will beeTo all whom loves subliming fire invades,Rule and example found;15There, the faith of any groundNo schismatique will dare to wound,That sees, how Love this grace to us affords,To make, to keep, to use, to be these his Records.This Booke, as long-liv'd as the elements,20Or as the worlds forme, this all-graved tomeIn cypher writ, or new made Idiome,Wee for loves clergie only'are instruments:When this booke is made thus,Should againe the ravenous25Vandals and Goths inundate us,Learning were safe; in this our UniverseSchooles might learne Sciences, Spheares Musick, Angels Verse.Here Loves Divines, (since all DivinityIs love or wonder) may finde all they seeke,30Whether abstract spirituall love they like,Their Soules exhal'd with what they do not see,Or, loth so to amuzeFaiths infirmitie, they chuseSomething which they may see and use;35For, though minde be the heaven, where love doth sit,Beauty a convenient type may be to figure it.Here more then in their bookes may Lawyers finde,Both by what titles Mistresses are ours,And how prerogative these states devours,40Transferr'd from Love himselfe, to womankinde,Who though from heart, and eyes,They exact great subsidies,Forsake him who on them relies,And for the cause, honour, or conscience give,45Chimeraes, vaine as they, or their prerogative.Here Statesmen, (or of them, they which can reade,)May of their occupation finde the grounds:Love and their art alike it deadly wounds,If to consider what 'tis, one proceed,50In both they doe excellWho the present governe well,Whose weaknesse none doth, or dares tell;In this thy booke, such will their nothing see,As in the Bible some can finde out Alchimy.55Thus vent thy thoughts; abroad I'll studie thee,As he removes farre off, that great heights takes;How great love is, presence best tryall makes,But absence tryes how long this love will bee;To take a latitude60Sun, or starres, are fitliest view'dAt their brightest, but to concludeOf longitudes, what other way have wee,But to marke when, and where the darke eclipses bee?

I'LL tell thee now (deare Love) what thou shalt doe

To anger destiny, as she doth us,

How I shall stay, though she Esloygne me thus

And how posterity shall know it too;

5How thine may out-endure

Sybills glory, and obscure

Her who from Pindar could allure,

And her, through whose helpeLucanis not lame,

And her, whose booke (they say)Homerdid finde, and name.

10Study our manuscripts, those MyriadesOf letters, which have past twixt thee and mee,Thence write our Annals, and in them will beeTo all whom loves subliming fire invades,Rule and example found;15There, the faith of any groundNo schismatique will dare to wound,That sees, how Love this grace to us affords,To make, to keep, to use, to be these his Records.

10Study our manuscripts, those Myriades

Of letters, which have past twixt thee and mee,

Thence write our Annals, and in them will bee

To all whom loves subliming fire invades,

Rule and example found;

15There, the faith of any ground

No schismatique will dare to wound,

That sees, how Love this grace to us affords,

To make, to keep, to use, to be these his Records.

This Booke, as long-liv'd as the elements,20Or as the worlds forme, this all-graved tomeIn cypher writ, or new made Idiome,Wee for loves clergie only'are instruments:When this booke is made thus,Should againe the ravenous25Vandals and Goths inundate us,Learning were safe; in this our UniverseSchooles might learne Sciences, Spheares Musick, Angels Verse.

This Booke, as long-liv'd as the elements,

20Or as the worlds forme, this all-graved tome

In cypher writ, or new made Idiome,

Wee for loves clergie only'are instruments:

When this booke is made thus,

Should againe the ravenous

25Vandals and Goths inundate us,

Learning were safe; in this our Universe

Schooles might learne Sciences, Spheares Musick, Angels Verse.

Here Loves Divines, (since all DivinityIs love or wonder) may finde all they seeke,30Whether abstract spirituall love they like,Their Soules exhal'd with what they do not see,Or, loth so to amuzeFaiths infirmitie, they chuseSomething which they may see and use;35For, though minde be the heaven, where love doth sit,Beauty a convenient type may be to figure it.

Here Loves Divines, (since all Divinity

Is love or wonder) may finde all they seeke,

30Whether abstract spirituall love they like,

Their Soules exhal'd with what they do not see,

Or, loth so to amuze

Faiths infirmitie, they chuse

Something which they may see and use;

35For, though minde be the heaven, where love doth sit,

Beauty a convenient type may be to figure it.

Here more then in their bookes may Lawyers finde,Both by what titles Mistresses are ours,And how prerogative these states devours,40Transferr'd from Love himselfe, to womankinde,Who though from heart, and eyes,They exact great subsidies,Forsake him who on them relies,And for the cause, honour, or conscience give,45Chimeraes, vaine as they, or their prerogative.

Here more then in their bookes may Lawyers finde,

Both by what titles Mistresses are ours,

And how prerogative these states devours,

40Transferr'd from Love himselfe, to womankinde,

Who though from heart, and eyes,

They exact great subsidies,

Forsake him who on them relies,

And for the cause, honour, or conscience give,

45Chimeraes, vaine as they, or their prerogative.

Here Statesmen, (or of them, they which can reade,)May of their occupation finde the grounds:Love and their art alike it deadly wounds,If to consider what 'tis, one proceed,50In both they doe excellWho the present governe well,Whose weaknesse none doth, or dares tell;In this thy booke, such will their nothing see,As in the Bible some can finde out Alchimy.

Here Statesmen, (or of them, they which can reade,)

May of their occupation finde the grounds:

Love and their art alike it deadly wounds,

If to consider what 'tis, one proceed,

50In both they doe excell

Who the present governe well,

Whose weaknesse none doth, or dares tell;

In this thy booke, such will their nothing see,

As in the Bible some can finde out Alchimy.

55Thus vent thy thoughts; abroad I'll studie thee,As he removes farre off, that great heights takes;How great love is, presence best tryall makes,But absence tryes how long this love will bee;To take a latitude60Sun, or starres, are fitliest view'dAt their brightest, but to concludeOf longitudes, what other way have wee,But to marke when, and where the darke eclipses bee?

55Thus vent thy thoughts; abroad I'll studie thee,

As he removes farre off, that great heights takes;

How great love is, presence best tryall makes,

But absence tryes how long this love will bee;

To take a latitude

60Sun, or starres, are fitliest view'd

At their brightest, but to conclude

Of longitudes, what other way have wee,

But to marke when, and where the darke eclipses bee?

A Valediction: of&c.Ed:A Valediction of the BookeA18,N,TCC,TCD:Valediction of the booke.D,H49,Lec:Valediction 3: Of the BookeO'F:The BookeCy,P:Valediction to his booke.1633-69,S:A Valediction of a booke left in a windowe.JC18 Records,1633-69:records,Grolier20 tome1633-35:to me1639-54:Tomb.1669,A18,Cy,Lec,N,S21 Idiome,Ed:Idiome;1633-6922 instruments:Ed:instruments,1633-69.See note25 and Goths inundate us,A18,B,Cy,D,H40,H49,Lec,N,TC:and the Goths invade us,1633-54,S:and Goths invade us,1669,H40,JC(or),O'F,P26 were safe;1633:rest omit semicolon.Universe1633-39:Universe,1650-6930 abstract] abstracted166932 Or, ... amuzeEd:Or ... amuze,1633-6933 infirmitie,] infirmities,1669,D,H49,Lec38 titles] titles,166339 these states] those ritesA18,N,TC40 womankinde,Ed:womankinde.1633-54:womankinde:166943 relies,Ed:relies1633:relies;1635-6944 give,] give;1635-6946 Statesmen] TradesmenCy,P47 grounds:Ed:grounds,1633-6949 'tis, one] 'tis on166953 their nothing1635-54,A18,B,Cy,D,H40,H49,JC(nothings),Lec,N,O'F,S,TC(but the MSS. waver betweentheirandthere): there something1633,1669,P55 vent1633,1669:went1635-54thoughts; abroad] thoughts abroad:166956 great heights] shadowsO'F631669 omitsdarke

18 Records,1633-69:records,Grolier

20 tome1633-35:to me1639-54:Tomb.1669,A18,Cy,Lec,N,S

21 Idiome,Ed:Idiome;1633-69

22 instruments:Ed:instruments,1633-69.See note

25 and Goths inundate us,A18,B,Cy,D,H40,H49,Lec,N,TC:and the Goths invade us,1633-54,S:and Goths invade us,1669,H40,JC(or),O'F,P

26 were safe;1633:rest omit semicolon.

Universe1633-39:Universe,1650-69

30 abstract] abstracted1669

32 Or, ... amuzeEd:Or ... amuze,1633-69

33 infirmitie,] infirmities,1669,D,H49,Lec

38 titles] titles,1663

39 these states] those ritesA18,N,TC

40 womankinde,Ed:womankinde.1633-54:womankinde:1669

43 relies,Ed:relies1633:relies;1635-69

44 give,] give;1635-69

46 Statesmen] TradesmenCy,P

47 grounds:Ed:grounds,1633-69

49 'tis, one] 'tis on1669

53 their nothing1635-54,A18,B,Cy,D,H40,H49,JC(nothings),Lec,N,O'F,S,TC(but the MSS. waver betweentheirandthere): there something1633,1669,P

55 vent1633,1669:went1635-54

thoughts; abroad] thoughts abroad:1669

56 great heights] shadowsO'F

631669 omitsdarke

GOOD wee must love, and must hate ill,For ill is ill, and good good still,But there are things indifferent,Which wee may neither hate, nor love,But one, and then another prove,5As wee shall finde our fancy bent.If then at first wise Nature hadMade women either good or bad,Then some wee might hate, and some chuse,10But since shee did them so create,That we may neither love, nor hate,Onely this rests, All, all may use.If they were good it would be seene,Good is as visible as greene,15And to all eyes it selfe betrayes:If they were bad, they could not last,Bad doth it selfe, and others wast,So, they deserve nor blame, nor praise.But they are ours as fruits are ours,20He that but tasts, he that devours,And he that leaves all, doth as well:Chang'd loves are but chang'd sorts of meat,And when hee hath the kernell eate,Who doth not fling away the shell?

GOOD wee must love, and must hate ill,

For ill is ill, and good good still,

But there are things indifferent,

Which wee may neither hate, nor love,

But one, and then another prove,

5As wee shall finde our fancy bent.

If then at first wise Nature hadMade women either good or bad,Then some wee might hate, and some chuse,10But since shee did them so create,That we may neither love, nor hate,Onely this rests, All, all may use.

If then at first wise Nature had

Made women either good or bad,

Then some wee might hate, and some chuse,

10But since shee did them so create,

That we may neither love, nor hate,

Onely this rests, All, all may use.

If they were good it would be seene,Good is as visible as greene,15And to all eyes it selfe betrayes:If they were bad, they could not last,Bad doth it selfe, and others wast,So, they deserve nor blame, nor praise.

If they were good it would be seene,

Good is as visible as greene,

15And to all eyes it selfe betrayes:

If they were bad, they could not last,

Bad doth it selfe, and others wast,

So, they deserve nor blame, nor praise.

But they are ours as fruits are ours,20He that but tasts, he that devours,And he that leaves all, doth as well:Chang'd loves are but chang'd sorts of meat,And when hee hath the kernell eate,Who doth not fling away the shell?

But they are ours as fruits are ours,

20He that but tasts, he that devours,

And he that leaves all, doth as well:

Chang'd loves are but chang'd sorts of meat,

And when hee hath the kernell eate,

Who doth not fling away the shell?

Communitie.1635-69:no title,1633,A18,B,Cy,D,H40,H49,JC,L74,Lec,N,O'F,P,S,S96,TCC,TCD3 there1635-69,A18,B,N,O'F,S,TC,&c.:these1633,D,Cy,H49,Lec7 hadEd:had,1633-3912 All, all1633-54:All men166915 betrayes:1650-69:betrayes,1633-3921 well:Ed:well,1633-69

Communitie.1635-69:no title,1633,A18,B,Cy,D,H40,H49,JC,L74,Lec,N,O'F,P,S,S96,TCC,TCD

3 there1635-69,A18,B,N,O'F,S,TC,&c.:these1633,D,Cy,H49,Lec

7 hadEd:had,1633-39

12 All, all1633-54:All men1669

15 betrayes:1650-69:betrayes,1633-39

21 well:Ed:well,1633-69

Note

ISCARCE beleeve my love to be so pureAs I had thought it was,Because it doth endureVicissitude, and season, as the grasse;5Me thinkes I lyed all winter, when I swore,My love was infinite, if spring make'it more.But if this medicine, love, which cures all sorrowWith more, not onely bee no quintessence,But mixt of all stuffes, paining soule, or sense,10And of the Sunne his working vigour borrow,Love's not so pure, and abstract, as they useTo say, which have no Mistresse but their Muse,But as all else, being elemented too,Love sometimes would contemplate, sometimes do.15And yet no greater, but more eminent,Love by the spring is growne;As, in the firmament,Starres by the Sunne are not inlarg'd, but showne.Gentle love deeds, as blossomes on a bough,20From loves awakened root do bud out now.If, as in water stir'd more circles beeProduc'd by one, love such additions take,Those like so many spheares, but one heaven make,For, they are all concentrique unto thee.25And though each spring doe adde to love new heate,As princes doe in times of action getNew taxes, and remit them not in peace,No winter shall abate the springs encrease.

ISCARCE beleeve my love to be so pure

As I had thought it was,

Because it doth endure

Vicissitude, and season, as the grasse;

5Me thinkes I lyed all winter, when I swore,

My love was infinite, if spring make'it more.

But if this medicine, love, which cures all sorrowWith more, not onely bee no quintessence,But mixt of all stuffes, paining soule, or sense,10And of the Sunne his working vigour borrow,Love's not so pure, and abstract, as they useTo say, which have no Mistresse but their Muse,But as all else, being elemented too,Love sometimes would contemplate, sometimes do.

But if this medicine, love, which cures all sorrow

With more, not onely bee no quintessence,

But mixt of all stuffes, paining soule, or sense,

10And of the Sunne his working vigour borrow,

Love's not so pure, and abstract, as they use

To say, which have no Mistresse but their Muse,

But as all else, being elemented too,

Love sometimes would contemplate, sometimes do.

15And yet no greater, but more eminent,Love by the spring is growne;As, in the firmament,Starres by the Sunne are not inlarg'd, but showne.Gentle love deeds, as blossomes on a bough,20From loves awakened root do bud out now.If, as in water stir'd more circles beeProduc'd by one, love such additions take,Those like so many spheares, but one heaven make,For, they are all concentrique unto thee.25And though each spring doe adde to love new heate,As princes doe in times of action getNew taxes, and remit them not in peace,No winter shall abate the springs encrease.

15And yet no greater, but more eminent,

Love by the spring is growne;

As, in the firmament,

Starres by the Sunne are not inlarg'd, but showne.

Gentle love deeds, as blossomes on a bough,

20From loves awakened root do bud out now.

If, as in water stir'd more circles bee

Produc'd by one, love such additions take,

Those like so many spheares, but one heaven make,

For, they are all concentrique unto thee.

25And though each spring doe adde to love new heate,

As princes doe in times of action get

New taxes, and remit them not in peace,

No winter shall abate the springs encrease.

Loves growth.1633-69,A18,N,TCC,TCD:The Spring.orSpring.B,Cy,D,H49,Lec,O'F,P,S,S96:no title,JC9 paining1633,A18,B,D,H49,JC,Lec,N,S96,TC:vexing1635-69,Cy,O'F,P,S10 working1633 and MSS. as above:active1635-69 and MSS. as above11 pure, and] pure an1669,O'F14 do.] do163318-19 Starres ... showne. Gentle loveEd:Starres ... showne, Gentle love1633-69:Stars are not by the sunne enlarg'd; but showneGreater; Loves deedsP.See note24 thee.Ed:thee,1633-6928 the1633,A18,B,D,H49,JC,Lec,N,S96,TC:this1635-69,Cy,O'F,P,S

Loves growth.1633-69,A18,N,TCC,TCD:The Spring.orSpring.B,Cy,D,H49,Lec,O'F,P,S,S96:no title,JC

9 paining1633,A18,B,D,H49,JC,Lec,N,S96,TC:vexing1635-69,Cy,O'F,P,S

10 working1633 and MSS. as above:active1635-69 and MSS. as above

11 pure, and] pure an1669,O'F

14 do.] do1633

18-19 Starres ... showne. Gentle loveEd:Starres ... showne, Gentle love1633-69:

Stars are not by the sunne enlarg'd; but showneGreater; Loves deedsP.See note

Stars are not by the sunne enlarg'd; but showne

Greater; Loves deedsP.See note

24 thee.Ed:thee,1633-69

28 the1633,A18,B,D,H49,JC,Lec,N,S96,TC:this1635-69,Cy,O'F,P,S

Note

LOVE, any devill else but you,Would for a given Soule give something too.At Court your fellowes every day,Give th'art of Riming, Huntsmanship, or Play,5For them which were their owne before;Onely I have nothing which gave more,But am, alas, by being lowly, lower.I aske no dispensation nowTo falsifie a teare, or sigh, or vow,10I do not sue from thee to drawAnon obstanteon natures law,These are prerogatives, they inhereIn thee and thine; none should forsweareExcept that heeLovesminion were.15Give mee thy weaknesse, make mee blinde,Both wayes, as thou and thine, in eies and minde;Love, let me never know that thisIs love, or, that love childish is;Let me not know that others know20That she knowes my paines, least that soA tender shame make me mine owne new woe.If thou give nothing, yet thou'art just,Because I would not thy first motions trust;Small townes which stand stiffe, till great shot25Enforce them, by warres lawconditionnot.Such in loves warfare is my case,I may not article for grace,Having put Love at last to shew this face.This face, by which he could command30And change the Idolatrie of any land,This face, which wheresoe'r it comes,Can call vow'd men from cloisters, dead from tombes,And melt both Poles at once, and storeDeserts with cities, and make more35Mynes in the earth, then Quarries were before.For this, Love is enrag'd with mee,Yet kills not. If I must example beeTo future Rebells; If th'unborneMust learne, by my being cut up, and torne:40Kill, and dissect me, Love; for thisTorture against thine owne end is,Rack't carcasses make ill Anatomies.

LOVE, any devill else but you,

Would for a given Soule give something too.

At Court your fellowes every day,

Give th'art of Riming, Huntsmanship, or Play,

5For them which were their owne before;

Onely I have nothing which gave more,

But am, alas, by being lowly, lower.

I aske no dispensation nowTo falsifie a teare, or sigh, or vow,10I do not sue from thee to drawAnon obstanteon natures law,These are prerogatives, they inhereIn thee and thine; none should forsweareExcept that heeLovesminion were.

I aske no dispensation now

To falsifie a teare, or sigh, or vow,

10I do not sue from thee to draw

Anon obstanteon natures law,

These are prerogatives, they inhere

In thee and thine; none should forsweare

Except that heeLovesminion were.

15Give mee thy weaknesse, make mee blinde,Both wayes, as thou and thine, in eies and minde;Love, let me never know that thisIs love, or, that love childish is;Let me not know that others know20That she knowes my paines, least that soA tender shame make me mine owne new woe.

15Give mee thy weaknesse, make mee blinde,

Both wayes, as thou and thine, in eies and minde;

Love, let me never know that this

Is love, or, that love childish is;

Let me not know that others know

20That she knowes my paines, least that so

A tender shame make me mine owne new woe.

If thou give nothing, yet thou'art just,Because I would not thy first motions trust;Small townes which stand stiffe, till great shot25Enforce them, by warres lawconditionnot.Such in loves warfare is my case,I may not article for grace,Having put Love at last to shew this face.

If thou give nothing, yet thou'art just,

Because I would not thy first motions trust;

Small townes which stand stiffe, till great shot

25Enforce them, by warres lawconditionnot.

Such in loves warfare is my case,

I may not article for grace,

Having put Love at last to shew this face.

This face, by which he could command30And change the Idolatrie of any land,This face, which wheresoe'r it comes,Can call vow'd men from cloisters, dead from tombes,And melt both Poles at once, and storeDeserts with cities, and make more35Mynes in the earth, then Quarries were before.

This face, by which he could command

30And change the Idolatrie of any land,

This face, which wheresoe'r it comes,

Can call vow'd men from cloisters, dead from tombes,

And melt both Poles at once, and store

Deserts with cities, and make more

35Mynes in the earth, then Quarries were before.

For this, Love is enrag'd with mee,Yet kills not. If I must example beeTo future Rebells; If th'unborneMust learne, by my being cut up, and torne:40Kill, and dissect me, Love; for thisTorture against thine owne end is,Rack't carcasses make ill Anatomies.

For this, Love is enrag'd with mee,

Yet kills not. If I must example bee

To future Rebells; If th'unborne

Must learne, by my being cut up, and torne:

40Kill, and dissect me, Love; for this

Torture against thine owne end is,

Rack't carcasses make ill Anatomies.

Loves exchange.1633-69,A18,N,TCC,TCD:no title,B,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,O'F,P4 or] andmost MSS.PlayD:play1633-699 or sigh, or vow,1633-54:a sigh, a vow,166918 is;Ed:is.1633-6920 paines] paineA18,B,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,O'F,P,TC211669 omitsnew28 LoveD:love1633-69this] his166936 For this,Ed:For, this1633-69LoveD:love1633-6937 not. IfEd:not; if1633-39:not: if1650-69

Loves exchange.1633-69,A18,N,TCC,TCD:no title,B,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,O'F,P

4 or] andmost MSS.

PlayD:play1633-69

9 or sigh, or vow,1633-54:a sigh, a vow,1669

18 is;Ed:is.1633-69

20 paines] paineA18,B,D,H40,H49,JC,Lec,O'F,P,TC

211669 omitsnew

28 LoveD:love1633-69

this] his1669

36 For this,Ed:For, this1633-69

LoveD:love1633-69

37 not. IfEd:not; if1633-39:not: if1650-69

Note

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