Jonson, Ben · published 1631 · first performed or written 1629 [licensed for stage, Jan 19] (Annals) comedy · King's Men T4 Love-longing and the lover's complaint typicality 0.63 · 485 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T4: love, heart, sweet, loves, fair, phillis, eyes, beauty, amyntas, lovers.
I'the &c. Notice is &c. To the Ap &c. That the &c. And love &c. Every man, or woman keep silence pain of imprisonment. Do your endeavours, in the name of Love. To make my first approaches, then, in love. Tell us what Love is, that we may be sure There's such a thing, and that it is in nature. Excellent Lady, I did not expect To meet an Infidel! much less an Atheist! Here in love's lists! of so much unbelief! To raise a question of his being— Well-charged! I rather thought, and, with religion, think, Had all the character of love been lost, His lines, dimensions, and whole signature Razed, and defaced, with dull humanity: That both his nature, and his essence might Have found their mighty instauration here, Here where the confluence of fair, and good, Meets to make up all beauty. For, what else Is Love, but the most noble, pure affection Of what is truly beautiful, and fair? Desire of union with the thing beloved? Have the assistants of the Court their votes, And writ of privilege, to speak them freely? Yes, to assist; but not to interrupt. Then I have read somewhere, that man and woman Were, in the first creation, both one piece, And being cleft asunder, ever since, Love was an appetite to be rejoined. As for example— Cramo-cree! what meansh' tou? Only, to kiss, and part. So much is lawful. And stands with the prerogative of love's Court! It is a fable of Plato's, in his Banquet, And uttered, there, by Aristophanes. 'Twas well remembered here, and to good use.) But on with your description, what Love is. Desire of union with the thing beloved. I meant a definition. For I make The efficient cause, what's beautiful, and fair. The formal cause, the appetite of union. The final cause, the union itself. But larger, if you'll have it, by description, It is a flame, and ardour of the mind, Dead, in the proper corpse, quick in another's: transfers the Lover into the Loved. The he, or she, that loves, engraves, or stamps Th' Idea of what they love, first in themselves: Or, like to glasses, so their minds take in The forms of their beloved, and them reflect, It is the likeness of affections, Is both the parent, and the nurse of love. Love is a spiritual coupling of two souls, So much more excellent, as it least relates Unto the body; circular, eternal; N fain'd, or made, but borne: And then, so pretious, As nought can value it, but itself. So free, As nothing can command it, but itself. And in itself, so round, and liberal, As where it favours, it bestows itself. And, that do I; here my whole self, I tender, According to the practice o'the Court. I'tish a naughty practish, a lewd practish, Be quiet man, dou shalt not leap her, here.
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I'the &c. Notice is &c. To the Ap &c. That the &c. And loue &c. Euery man, or woman keep silence paine of imprisonment. Do your endeuours, in the name of Loue. To make my first approaches, then, in loue. Tell vs what Loue is, that we may be sure There's such a thing, and that it is in nature. Excellent Lady, I did not expect To meet an Infidell! much lesse an Atheist! Here in Loue's lists! of so much vnbeleefe! To raise a question of his being— Well-charg'd! I rather thought, and, with religion, thinke, Had all the character of loue beene lost, His lines, demensions, and whole signature Raz'd, and defac'd, with dull humanity: That both his nature, and his essence might Haue found their mighty instauration hee, Here where the confluence of faire, and good, Meets to make vp all beauty. For, what else Is Loue, but the most noble, pure affection Of what is truly beautifull, and faire? Desire of vnion with the thing beloued? Haue the assistants of the Court their votes, And writ of priuiledge, to speake them freely? Yes, to assist; but not to interrupt. Then I haue read somwhere, that man and woman Were, in the first creation, both one piece, And being cleft asunder, euer since, Loue was an appetite to be reioyn'd. As for example— Cramo-cree! what meansh' tou? Only, to kisse, and part. So much is lawfull. And stands with the prerogatiue of loues Court! It is a fable of Plato's, in his Banquet, And vtter'd, there, by Aristophanes. 'Twas well remembred here, and to good vse.) But on with your description, what Loue is. Desire of vnion with the thing belou'd. I meant a definition. For I make The efficient cause, what's beautifull, and faire. The formall cause, the appetite of vnion. The finall cause, the vnion it selfe. But larger, if you'l haue it, by description, It is a flame, and ardor of the minde, Dead, in the proper corps, quick in anothers: Trans-ferres the Louer into the Loued. The he, or she, that loues, engraues, or stamps Th' Idea of what they loue, first in themselues: Or, like to glasses, so their mindes take in The formes of their belou'd, and them reflect, It is the likenesse of affections, Is both the parent, and the nurse of loue. Loue is a spirituall coupling of two soules, So much more excellent, as it least relates Vnto the body; circular, eternall; N fain'd, or made, but borne: And then, so pretious, As nought can value it, but it selfe. So free, As nothing can command it, but it selfe. And in it selfe, so round, and liberall, As where it fauours, it bestowes it selfe. And, that doe I; here my whole selfe, I tender, According to the practise o'the Court. I'tish a naughty practsh, a lewd practish, Be quiet man, dou shalt not leip her, here.