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       Shows thee unripe; yet mayst thou well be tasted: Make use of time; 

let   not   advantage   slip;   Beauty   within   itself   should   not   be   wasted:   Fair 

flowers that are not gather'd in their prime Rot and consume themselves in 

little time。 

     'Were    I  hard…favour'd;     foul;   or  wrinkled…old;     Ill…nurtur'd;   crooked; 

churlish; harsh in voice; O'erworn; despised; rheumatic; and cold; Thick… 

sighted; barren; lean; and lacking juice; 

       Then mightst thou pause; for then I were not for thee; But having no 

defects; why dost abhor me? 

     'Thou canst not see one winkle in my brow; 

       Mine eyes are grey and bright; and quick in turning; My beauty as the 

spring doth yearly grow; My flesh is soft and plump; my marrow burning; 

My   smooth   moist   hand;   were   it   with   thy   hand   felt。   Would   in   thy   palm 

dissolve; or seem to melt。 

     'Bid me discourse; I will enchant thine ear; Or like a fairy; trip upon 

the green; Or; like a nymph; with long dishevell'd hair; Dance on the sands; 

and yet no footing seen: 

       Love is a spirit all compact of fire; Not gross to sink; but light; and 

will aspire。 

     'Witness this primrose bank whereon I lie; 

       These     forceless     flowers    like    sturdy    trees   support     me;    Two 

strengthless   doves   will   draw   me   through   the   sky;   From   morn   till   night; 

even where I list to sport me: Is love so light; sweet boy; and may it be 

That thou shouldst think it heavy unto thee? 



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       'Is   thine   own   heart   to   shine   own   face   affected?   Can   thy   right   hand 

seize  love  upon   thy  left? Then   woo thyself;   be of   thyself  rejected;   Steal 

thine own freedom; and complain on theft。 

       Narcissus so himself himself forsook; And died to kiss his shadow in 

the brook。 

     'Torches   are   made   to   light;   jewels   to   wear;   Dainties   to   taste;   fresh 

beauty for the use; 

       Herbs   for   their   smell;   and   sappy   plants   to   bear;   Things   growing   to 

themselves       are   growth's    abuse:    Seeds     spring   from    seeds;    and   beauty 

breedeth beauty; Thou wast begot; to get it is thy duty。 

     'Upon   the   earth's   increase   why   shouldst   thou   feed;   Unless   the   earth 

with thy increase be fed? By law of nature thou art bound to breed; That 

thine may live when thou thyself art dead; 

       And so in spite of death thou dost survive; In that thy likeness still is 

left alive。' 

     By   this   the   love…sick   queen   began   to   sweat;   For   where   they   lay   the 

shadow had forsook them; 

       And   Titan;   tired   in   the   mid…day   heat   With   burning   eye   did   hotly 

overlook   them;   Wishing Adonis   had   his   team   to   guide;   So   he   were   like 

him and by Venus' side。 

     And now Adonis with a lazy spright; And with a heavy; dark; disliking 

eye;   His   louring   brows   o'erwhelming   his   fair   sight;   Like   misty   vapours 

when they blot the sky; 

       Souring his cheeks; cries; 'Fie! no more of love: The sun doth burn 

my face; I must remove。' 

     'Ay   me;'    quoth    Venus;    'young;    and   so   unkind!    What     bare   excuses 

mak'st thou to be gone! 

       I'll sigh celestial breath; whose gentle wind Shall cool the heat of this 

descending sun: I'll make a shadow for thee of my hairs; 

       If they burn too; I'll quench them with my tears。 

     'The   sun    that   shines   from   heaven      shines   but   warm;     And    lo!  I  lie 

between that sun and thee: The heat I have from thence doth little harm; 

Thine eye darts forth the fire that burneth me; 

       And were I not immortal; life were done Between this heavenly and 



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earthly sun。 

     'Art thou obdurate; flinty; hard as steel? Nay; more than flint; for stone 

at rain relenteth: 

       Art   thou   a   woman's   son;   and   canst   not   feel   What   'tis   to   love?   how 

want of love tormenteth? O! had thy mother borne so hard a mind; 

       She had not brought forth thee; but died unkind。 

       'What am I that thou shouldst contemn me this? Or what great danger 

dwells   upon   my   suit?   What   were   thy   lips   the   worse   for   one   poor   kiss? 

Speak; fair; but speak fair words; or else be mute: Give me one kiss; I'll 

give it thee again; 

       And one for interest if thou wilt have twain。 

     'Fie! lifeless picture; cold and senseless stone; Well…painted idol; image 

dull and dead; 

       Statue   contenting   but   the   eye   alone;   Thing   like   a   man;   but   of   no 

woman bred: Thou art no man; though of a man's complexion; For   men 

will kiss even by their own direction。' 

     This    said;   impatience     chokes     her   pleading    tongue;    And    swelling 

passion doth provoke a pause; Red cheeks and fiery eyes blaze forth her 

wrong; Being judge in love; she cannot right her cause: 

       And   now   she   weeps;   and   now   she   fain   would   speak; And   now   her 

sobs do her intendments break。 

     Sometimes she shakes her head; and then his hand; Now gazeth she on 

him; now on the ground; 

       Sometimes her arms infold him like a band: She would; he will not in 

her arms be bound; And when from thence he struggles to be gone; She 

locks her lily fingers one in one。 

     'Fondling;' she saith; 'since I have hemm'd thee here Within the circuit 

of this ivory pale; I'll be a park; and thou shalt be my deer; Feed where 

thou wilt; on mountain or in dale: 

       Graze   on   my  lips;   and   if   those   hills   be   dry;   Stray  lower;   where   the 

pleasant fountains lie。 

     'Within     this  limit   is  relief  enough;     Sweet    bottom…grass      and   high 

delightful plain; 

       Round rising hillocks; brakes obscure and rough; To shelter thee from 



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tempest and from rain: Then be my deer; since I am such a park; 

       No dog shall rouse thee; though a thousand bark。' 

     At this Adonis smiles as in disdain; That in each cheek appears a pretty 

dimple:   Love   made   those   hollows;   if   himself   were   slain;   He   might   be 

buried in a tomb so simple; 

       Foreknowing well; if there he came to lie; Why; there Love liv'd; and 

there he could not die。 

     These lovely caves; these round enchanting pits; Open'd their mouths 

to swallow Venus' liking。 

       Being mad before; how doth she now for wits? Struck dead at first; 

what needs a second striking? Poor queen of love; in thine own law forlorn; 

To love a cheek that smiles at thee in scorn! 



     Now   which   way   shall   she   turn?   what   shall   she   say?   Her   words   are 

done;   her   woes   the   more   increasing;   The   time   is   spent;   her   object   will 

away; And from her twining arms doth urge releasing: 

       'Pity;' she cries; 'some favour; some remorse!' Away he springs; and 

hasteth to his horse。 

     But lo! from forth a copse that neighbours by; A breeding jennet; lusty; 

young; and proud; 

       Adonis' tramping courier doth espy; And forth she rushes; snorts and 

neighs aloud: The strong…neck'd steed; being tied unto a tree; Breaketh his 

rein; and to her straight goes he。 

     Imperiously he leaps; he neighs; he bounds; And now his woven girths 

he    breaks   asunder;    The   bearing    earth   with   his  hard   hoof   he   wounds; 

Whose   hollow   womb         resounds   like   heaven's   thunder;   The   iron   bit    he 

crusheth 'tween his teeth; 

       Controlling what he was controlled with。 

     His   ears   up…prick'd;   his   braided   hanging   mane   Upon   his   compass'd 

crest now stand on end; 

       His nostrils drink t

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