Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written c.1595 (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men unassigned nearest T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint · 482 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T4: love, heart, sweet, loves, fair, phillis, eyes, beauty, amyntas, lovers.
'Twere good yours did: for sir to tell you plain, I'll find a fairer face not washed to day. I'll prove her fair, or talk till doomsday here. No Devil will fright thee then so much as she. I never knew man hold vile stuff so dear. Look, here's thy love, my foot and her face see. O if the streets were paved with thine eyes, Her feet were much too dainty for such tread. O vile, then as she goes what upward lies? The street should see as she walked over head. But what of this, are we not all in love? O nothing so sure, and thereby all forsworn. Then leave this chat, & good Berown now prove Our loving lawful, and our faith not torn. I marry there, some flattery for this evil. O some authority how to proceed, Some tricks, some quillets, how to cheat the devil. Some salve for perjury. O 'tis more than need. Have at you then affections men at arms, Consider what you first did swear unto: To fast, to study, and to see no woman: Flat treason against the Kingly state of youth. Say, Can you fast? your stomacks are too young: And abstinence engenders maladies. And where that you have vowed to study (Lords) In that each of you have forsworn his Book Can you still dream and poor, and thereon look. For when would you my Lord, or you, or you, Have found the ground of studies excellence, Without the beauty of a woman's face; From women's eyes this doctrine I derive, They are the Ground, the Books, the Achadems, From whence doth spring the true Promethean fire. Why, universal plodding poisons up The nimble spirits in the arteries, As motion and long during action tires The sinnowy vigour of the traveller. Now for not looking on a woman's face, You have in that forsworn the use of eyes: And study too, the causer of your vow. For where is any Author in the world, Teaches such beauty as a woman's eye: Learning is but an adjunct to ourself, And where we are, our Learning likewise is. Then when ourselves we see in Lady's eyes, With ourselves. Do we not likewise see our learning there? O we have made a Vow to study, Lords, And in that vow we have forsworn our Books: For when would you (my Liege) or you, or you? In leaden contemplation have found out Such fiery Numbers as the prompting eyes, Of beauty's tutors have enriched you with: Other slow Arts entirely keep the brain: And therefore finding barren practizers, Scarce show a harvest of their heavy toil. But Love first learned in a Lady's eyes, Lives not alone emured in the brain: But with the motion of all elements, Courses as swift as thought in every power, And gives to every power a double power,
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Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
'Twere good yours did: for ſir to tell you plaine, Ile finde a fairer face not waſht to day. Ile proue her faire, or talke till dooms-day here. No Diuell will fright thee then ſo much as ſhee. I neuer knew man hold vile ſtuffe ſo deere. Looke, heer's thy loue, my foot and her face ſee. O if the ſtreets were paued with thine eyes, Her feet were much too dainty for ſuch tread. O vile, then as ſhe goes what vpward lyes? The ſtreet ſhould ſee as ſhe walk'd ouer head. But what of this, are we not all in loue? O nothing ſo ſure, and thereby all forſworne. Then leaue this chat, & good Berown now proue Our louing lawfull, and our fayth not torne. I marie there, ſome flattery for this euill. O ſome authority how to proceed, Some tricks, ſome quillets, how to cheat the diuell. Some ſalue for periurie. O 'tis more then neede. Haue at you then affections men at armes, Conſider what you firſt did ſweare vnto: To faſt, to ſtudy, and to ſee no woman: Flat treaſon againſt the Kingly ſtate of youth. Say, Can you faſt? your ſtomacks are too young: And abſtinence ingenders maladies. And where that you haue vow'd to ſtudie (Lords) In that each of you haue forſworne his Booke Can you ſtill dreame and pore, and thereon looke. For when would you my Lord, or you, or you, Haue found the ground of ſtudies excellence, Without the beauty of a womans face; From womens eyes this doctrine I deriue, They are the Ground, the Bookes, the Achadems, From whence doth ſpring the true Promethean fire. Why, vniuerſall plodding poyſons vp The nimble ſpirits in the arteries, As motion and long during action tyres The ſinnowy vigour of the trauailer. Now for not looking on a womans face, You haue in that forſworne the vſe of eyes: And ſtudie too, the cauſer of your vow. For where is any Author in the world, Teaches ſuch beauty as a womans eye: Learning is but an adiunct to our ſelfe, And where we are, our Learning likewiſe is. Then when our ſelues we ſee in Ladies eyes, With our ſelues. Doe we not likewiſe ſee our learning there? O we haue made a Vow to ſtudie, Lords, And in that vow we haue forſworne our Bookes: For when would you (my Leege) or you, or you? In leaden contemplation haue found out Such fiery Numbers as the prompting eyes, Of beauties tutors haue inrich'd you with: Other ſlow Arts intirely keepe the braine: And therefore finding barraine practizers, Scarce ſhew a harueſt of their heauy toyle. But Loue firſt learned in a Ladies eyes, Liues not alone emured in the braine: But with the motion of all elements, Courſes as ſwift as thought in euery power, And giues to euery power a double power,