The Queen's Entertainment at Woodstock · chunk 10 of 17
Anonymous · published 1585 · first performed or written 1575 [Sep] (Annals) entertainment; royal entertainment or entry unassigned nearest T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint · 497 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T4: love, heart, sweet, loves, fair, phillis, eyes, beauty, amyntas, lovers.
Our state is thus, our love which thus did grow, stands in these terms, in other terms yet free, I loved where I liked which reft me fro, I hasted on the thing I liked to see: I sought, I found, our love remaineth still, so to pass forth, if it be your good will. If you stand free save only that it pleased the mighty Cupid this to cause you roam, Therein I find my heart well eased, and trust to match you well when I come home: With love more fit for you then this can be, where both estate and wealth shall well agree. Alas my Lord, it is but fortune's gift, to have descent brought down from PRINCE's train, The person's worth is virtues worthy drift, which by desert the highest place should gain. Care not for birth though it be never so base, but virtue reke which craves the highest place. As 'tis a chance to be a PRINCE's child, so if you think that virtue is restrained, To one alone, therein you are beguiled, she doth refuse of none to be obtained: And where that royal blood with virtues meet, doth not such one best seem a Princely seat. Such one I know in place where you were borne, more fit for you then this to whom you cleave, Whefore give your consent, and think no scorn, at Father's suit your former love to leave: For duty so despised for all my pain, to find you out, I crave this only gain. But yet my Lord consider all the toil, which I have passed to compass this my love? Shall old conceit at length receive the foil, whose force I feel not minding to remove? When Love forsaken shall revive again, alas my Lord how sore will be my pain: To be constrained not once to cast a look, where I tofore did pitch my whole delight? To leave him thus, for whom I all forsook, how can true love abide such poisoned spite? What's to be said in this unequal fight, where love denies what nature claims of right? O Cupid be content with that is past, thus long to thee I have my service vowed, Let nature now prevail at last, what she demands hold it not disallowed: And shall I then forsake my former joy? nay my Gaudina death were less annoy. Plaint hath found mean, and love hath won his right, from whom but death no force shall sever me, Dame Nature be content, here in thy sight my Love I do release and yield to thee, Yet neither love nor nature may possess, but only death the mother to redress. See how this heat doth burst to extreme flame, see what device extreme desire hath found, She loves and cannot leave yet to void blame, she hath found out another helpless ground, By death to disappoint both our desires: see reasons check when senseless love aspires.
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Our state is thus, our loue which thus did grow, stands in these termes, in other termes yet free, I loued where I likt which reft me froe, I hasted on the thing I likt to see: I sought, I found, our loue remayneth stil, so to passe forth, if it be your good will. If you stand free saue only that it pleasd the mighty Cupid this to cause you rome, Therein I find my heart wel easd, and trust to match you wel when I come home: With loue more fit for you then this can be, where both estate and wealth shal wel agree. Alas my Lord, it is but fortunes gift, to haue discent brought down from Princes traine, The persons worth is vertues worthy drift, which by desart the highest place should gaine. Care not for birth though it be neuer so base, but vertue reke which craues the highest place. As t'is a chance to be a Princes child, so if you thinke that vertue is restraind, To one alone, therin you are beguild, she doth refuse of none to be obtaind: And where that royall blood with vertues meet, doth not such one best seem a Princely seate. Such one I know in place where you were borne, more fit for you then this to whom you cleaue, Whefore giue your consent, and thinke no scorne, at Fathers suit your former loue to leaue: For duty so despisde for al my payne, to find you out, I craue this only gaine. But yet my Lord consider al the toile, which I haue past to compasse this my loue? Shal old conceit at length receiue the foyle, whose force I feele not minding to remoue? VVhen Loue forsaken shal reuiue agayne, alas my Lord how sore wil be my payne: To be constraind not once to cast a looke, where I tofore did pitch my whole delight? To leaue him thus, for whom I all forsooke, how can true loue abide such poysoned spight? VVhats to be said in this vnequall fight, where loue denies what nature claimes of right? O Cupid be content with that is past, thus long to thee I haue my seruice vowd, Let nature now preuaile at last, what she demands hold it not disalowd: And shal I then forsake my former ioy? nay my Gaudina death were lesse annoy. Plaint hath found meane, and loue hath won his right, from whom but death no force shal seuer me, Dame Nature be content, here in thy sight my Loue I doe release and yeeld to thee, Yet neither loue nor nature may possesse, but only death the mother to redresse. See how this heate doth burst to extreame flame, see what deuise extreame desire hath founde, She loues and cannot leaue yet to voyd blame, she hath found out another helples grounde, By death to disappoint both our desires: see reasons checke when senslesse loue aspires.