Tancred and Gismund (Gismond of Salerne) · chunk 10 of 29
Wilmot, Robert / Hatton, Christopher / Noel, HenryAl., G.Stafford, Roderick · published 1591 · first performed or written 1567 [1567-1568; revised 1591] (Annals) tragedy · before the Court unassigned nearest T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint · 511 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T4: love, heart, sweet, loves, fair, phillis, eyes, beauty, amyntas, lovers.
I have enticed to forget her widows weeds, and burn in raging lust: 'twas I enforced her father to deny her second marriage to any peer: 'twas I allured her once again to try the sour sweets that lovers buy too dear. The County Palurin, a man right wise, a man of exquisite perfections: I have like wounded with her piercing eyes, and burned her heart with his reflections. These two shall joy in tasting of my sweet, to make them prove more feelingly the grief That bitter brings: for when their joys shall fleet, their dole shallbe increased without relief. Thus love shall make worldlings to know his might, thus love shall force great princes to obey. Thus love shall daunt each proud rebelling spirit, thus love shall wreak his wrath on their decay. Their ghosts shall do black hell to understand, how great and wonderful a God is Love: And this shall learn the Ladies of this land, with patient minds his mighty power to prove. From whence I did descend now will I mount, to Ioue, and all the Gods in their delights: In throne of triumph there will I recount, how I by sharp revenge on mortal wights, Have taught the earth, and learned hellish spirits to yield with fear their stubborn hearts to love: lest their disdain, his plagues and vengeance prove pity, that moveth every gentle heart, To rue their griefs, that be distressed in pain, Enforceth me, to wail my nieces smart, Whose tender breast, no long time may sustain, The restless toil, that her unquiet mind, Hath caused her feeble body to endure, But why it is, (alack) I must not find, Nor know the man, by whom I might procure Her remedy, as I of duty ought, As to the law of kindship, doth belong, With careful heart, the secret means I sought, Though small effect, is of my travel sprung: Full often as I durst, I have assayed, With humble words, the princes to require, To name the man, which she hath so denayed, That it abashed me, further to desire, Or ask from whence, those cloudy thoughts proceed, Whose stony force: that smoky sighs forth send. Is lively witness, how that careful dread, And hot desire, within her do contend. Yet she denies, what she confessed of yore, And then conjoined me, to conceal the same: She loved once, (she saith) but never more, Nor ever will, her fancy thereto frame: Though daily, I observed in my breast, What sharp conflicts, disquiet her so sore, That heavy sleep cannot procure her rest, But fearful dreams present her evermore Most hideous sights her quiet to molest. That starting oft therewith she doth awake, to muse upon those fancies which torment Her thoughtful heart with horror, that doth make Her cold chill sweat break forth incontinent From her weak limbs: and while the quiet night Gives others rest, she turning to and fro Doth wish for day. But when the day brings light, She keeps her bed, there to record her woe.
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I haue entised to forget her widdowes weedes, and burne in raging lust: Twas I nforst her father to denie her second marriage to any peere: Twas I allur'd her once againe to trie the sower sweetes that Louers buy too deere. The Countie Palurin, a man right wise, a man of exquisite perfections: I haue like wounded with her pearsing eyes, and burnt her heart with his reflections. These two shall ioy in tasting of my sweete, to make them proue more feelingly the greefe That bitter brings: for when their ioyes shall fleete, their dole shalbe increast without releefe. Thus loue shall make worldlings to know his might, thus loue shall force great princes to obey. Thus loue shall daunt each proud rebelling spirite, thus loue shall wreake his wrath on their decay. Their ghostes shall doe black hell to vnderstand, how great and wonderfull a God is Loue: And this shall learne the Ladies of this lande, with patient mindes his mighty power to proue. From whence I did descend now will I mount, to Ioue, and all the Gods in their delights: In throne of triumph there will I recount, how I by sharpe reunge on mortall wights, Haue taught the earth, and learned hellish spirites to yeeld with feare their stubburn hearts to loue: Least their disdain, his plagues and vengeance proue PItie, that moueth euery gentle heart, To rue their griefs, that be distrest in pain, Inforceth me, to waile my neeces smart, Whose tender brest, no long time may sustaine, The restlesse toyle, that her vnquiet mind, Hath causd her feeble bodie to indure, But why it is, (alacke) I must not find, Nor know the man, by whome I might procure Her remedie, as I of dutie ought, As to the law of kindship, doth belong, With carefull heart, the secret meanes I sought, Though small effect, is of my trauell sprong: Full often as I durst, I haue assaid, With humble words, the princes to require, To name the man, which she hath so denaid, That it abasht me, further to desire, Or aske from whence, those cloudie thoughts proceed, Whose stonie force: that smokie sighs forth send. Is liuelie witnes, how that carefnll dread, And hot desire, within her doe contend. Yet she denies, what she confest of yore, And then conioynd me, to conceale the same: She loued once, (she saith) but neuer more, Nor euer will, her fancie thereto frame: Though daily, I obserued in my brest, What sharpe conflicts, disquiet her so sore, That heauy sleep cannot procure her rest, But fearefull dreames present her euermore Most hideous sights her quiet to molest. That starting oft therwith she doth awake, to muse vpon those fancies which torment Her thoughtfull heart with horror, that doth make Her cold chil sweat break foorth incontinent From her weake lims: and while the quiet night Geues others rest, she turning to and fro Doth wish for day. But when the day brings light, She keepes her bed, there to record her woe.