Chapter 274
Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak.
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Of one that loved not wisely, but too well.
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Of one, whose hand, Like the base Júdean, threw a pearl away, Richer than all his tribe.
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Albeit unused to the melting mood.
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THOMAS TUSSER. 1523-1580.
_Moral Reflections on the Wind_.
Except wind stands as never it stood, It is an ill wind turns none to good.
FULKE GREVILLE, LORD BROOKE. 1554-1624.
_Mustapha_. Act v. Sc. 4.
O wearisome condition of humanity!
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Sonnet LVI.
And out of minde as soon as out of sight.
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CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE. 1565-1593.
_Hero and Leander_.
Who ever loved that loved not at first sight.
_The Passionate Shepherd to his Love_.
Come live with me, and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, groves, and hills, and folds, Woods, or steepy mountains, yield.
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SIR WALTER RALEIGH. 1552-1618.
_The Nymph's Reply to the Passionate Shepherd_.
If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee, and be thy love.
_The Silent Lover_.
Silence in love betrays more love Than words, though ne'er so witty; A beggar that is dumb, you know, May challenge double pity.
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JOSHUA SYLVESTER 1563-1618.
_The Soul's Errand_[3]
Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand! Fear not to touch the best: The truth shall be thy warrant. Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie.
[Note 3: Sylvester is now generally regarded as the author of "The Soul's Errand," long attributed to Raleigh.]
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RICHARD BARNFIELD.
_Address to the Nightingale_.[4]
As it fell upon a day, In the merry mouth of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made.
[Note 4: This song, often attributed to Shakespeare, is now confidently assigned to Barnfield, and it is found in his collection of Poems, published between 1594 and 1598.]
EDMUND SPENSER. 1553-1597.
_Faerie Queene_.