Anonymous · published 1606 · first performed or written 1602 [1601-1602] (Annals) comedy · Unknown T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint typicality 0.82 · 493 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T4: love, heart, sweet, loves, fair, phillis, eyes, beauty, amyntas, lovers.
This ring my brother sent I know right well, But this my true love pledge I more esteem Then all the golden mines the solid earth contains: And see, in happy time here comes M. Churms: Now love and fortune both conspire, And sort their drifts to compass my desire. M. Churms you're well met, I am glad to see you. And I as glad to see fair Lelia, As ever Paris was to see his dear, For whom so many Trojans blood was spilled; Nor think, I would do less than spend my dearest blood, To gain fair Lelia's love, although by loss of life. Faith mistress, he speaks like a gentleman: Let me persuade you, Be not hard hearted: Sophos? why what's he? If he had loved you but half so well, he would ha' come through stone walls, but he would have come to you ere this. I must confess, I once loved Sophos well, But now I cannot love him, whom all the world knows to be a dissembler. Ere I would wrong my love with one days absence; I would pass the boiling Hellespont, As once Leander did for hero's love, Or undertake a greater task than that, Ere I would be disloyal to my Love. And if that Lelia give her free consent That both our loves may sympathize in one, My hand, my heart, my love, my life and all, Shall ever tend on Lelia's fair command. Mr. Churms, methinks 'tis strange, you should make such a motion: Say I should yield, and grant you love; When most you did expect a sunshine day, My father's will would mar your hoped for hay, And when you thought to reap the fruits of love, His hard constraint would blast it in the bloom. For he so dotes on Peter Ploddals pelf, That none but he forsooth must be the man, And I will rather match myself, Unto a groom of Pluto's grisly den, Then unto such a silly golden ass. Bravely resolved i'faith. But to be short: I have a secret friend that dwells from hence, Some two days journey, that's the most, And if you can, as (well I know) you may, convey me thither secretly: For company I desire no other than your own, Here take my hand: That once performed my heart is next. If on th'adventure all the dangers lay, That Europe or the western world affords, Were it to combat Cerberus himself, Or scale the brazen walls of Pluto's court; whenas there is so fair a prize proposed, If I shrink back or leave it unperformed, Let the World canonize me for a Coward: Appoint the time and leave the rest to me. When nights black mantle overspreads the sky, And days bright lamp is drenched in the west, Tomorrow night I think the fittest time, That silent shade may give our safe convoy, Unto our wished hopes unseen of living eye.
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This ring my brother ſent I know right well, But this my true loue pledge I more eſteeme Then all the golden mines the ſolide earth containes: And ſee, in happy time here comes M. Churms: Now loue and fortune both conſpire, And ſort their driftes to compaſſe my deſire. M. Churms yare well met, I am glad to ſee you. And I as glad to ſee faire Lelia, As euer Paris was to ſee his deare, For whom ſo many Troianes bloud was ſpilt; Nor thinke, I would do leſſe then ſpend my deareſt bloud, To gaine faire Lelias loue, although by loſſe of life. Faith miſtreſſe, he ſpeakes like a gentleman: Let me perſwade you, Be not hard hearted: Sophos? why whats hee? If hee had lou'd you but halfe ſo well, he would ha come through ſtone walles, but he would haue come to you ere this. I muſt confeſſe, I once lou'd Sophos well, But now I cannot loue him, whom all the world knowes to be a diſſembler. Ere I would wrong my loue with one dayes abſence; I would paſſe the boyling Helleſpont, As once Leander did for Heroes loue, Or vndertake a greater taske then that, Ere I would be diſloyall to my Loue. And if that Lelia giue hir free conſent That both our loues may ſympathize in one, My hand, my heart, my loue, my life and all, Shall euer tend on Lelias faire command. Mr. Churms, mee thinkes tis ſtrange, you ſhould make ſuch a motion: Say I ſhould yeeld, and grant you loue; When moſt you did expect a ſunneſhine day, My fathers will would mar your hop't for hay, And when you thought to reap the fruits of loue, His hard conſtraint would blaſt it in the bloom. For he ſo does on Peter Ploddals pelfe, That none but he forſooth muſt be the man, And I will rather match my ſelfe, Vnto a groome of Plutoes grieſly denne, Then vnto ſuch a ſilly golden aſſe. Brauely reſolued yfaith. But to be ſhort: I haue a ſecret friend that dwels from hence, Some two dayes iourney, thats the moſt, And if you can, as (wel I know) you may, conuay me thither ſecretly: For company I deſire no other then your owne, Here take my hand: That once perform'd my heart is next. If on th'aduenture all the dangers lay, That Europe or the weſterne world affords, Were it to combate Cerberus himſelfe, Or ſcale the braſen walles of Plutoes court; When as there is ſo faire a prize propos'd, If I ſhrinke backe or leaue it vnperform'd, Let the World canonize me for a Coward: Appoint the time and leaue the reſt to me. When nights blacke mantle ouerſpreads the sky, And dayes bright lampe is drenched in the weſt, To morrow night I thinke the fitteſt time, That ſilent ſhade may giue our ſafe conuoy, Vnto our wiſhed hopes vnſeene of liuing eye.