All night therefore attend your merry play, Now none doth hinder you, that say or sing; Ne will the woods now answer, nor your eccho ring. Who is the same, which at my window peepes ? Or whose is that faire face that shines so bright? 370 But walkes about high heaven al the night? 375 O! fayrest goddesse, do thou not envy My Love with me to spy: For thou likewise didst love, though now unthought, Encline thy will t' effect our wishfull vow, 385 And the chast womb informe with timely seed, Till which we cease our hopefull hap to sing; Ne let the woods us answer, nor our eccho ring. And thou, great Iuno! which with awful might 390 And the religion of the faith first plight With sacred rites hast taught to solemnize; And eke for comfort often called art Of women in their smart; 395 Eternally bind thou this lovely band, And the sweet pleasures of theyr loves delight And ye high heavens, the temple of the gods, 400 405 410 Poure out your blessing on us plentiously, And happy influence upon us raine, 415 That we may raise a large posterity, Which from the earth, which they may long possesse With lasting happinesse, Up to your haughty pallaces may mount; And, for the guerdon of theyr glorious merit, May heavenly tabernacles there inherit, 420 And cease till then our tymely ioyes to sing: The woods no more us answer, nor our eccho ring! Song! made in lieu of many ornaments, With which my Love should duly have been dect, Ye would not stay your den time to expect, Be unto her a goodly ornament, And for short time an endlesse moniment! 425 430 433 POEMS. I. IN youth, before I waxed old, II. As Diane hunted on a day, She chaunst to come where Cupid lay, His quiver by his head: One of his shafts she stole away, And one of hers did close convay Into the others stead: With that Love wounded my Loves hart, But Diane beasts with Cupids dart. III. I SAW, in secret to my Dame How little Cupid humbly came, And said to her; "All hayle, my mother!" But, when he saw me laugh, for shame His face with bashfull blood did flame, IV. UPON a day, as Love lay sweetly slumbring A gentle Bee, with his loud trumpet murm'ring, Whereof when he was wakened with the noyse, "Whats this (quoth he) that gives so great a voyce, That wakens men withall ?" And threatens all with corage stout. "Twixt earnest and 'twixt game : 5 In angry wize he flies about, 10 To whom his mother closely smiling sayd, "See! thou thy selfe likewise art lyttle made, If thou regard the same. Nathelesse, the cruell boy, not so content, And in his hand, with heedlesse hardiment, |