"Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more."

"Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly."

"When flowing cups run swiftly round, With no allaying Thames, Our careless heads with roses bound, Our hearts with lo…"

"Love, then unstinted, Love did sip, And cherries plucked fresh from the lip; On cheeks and roses free he fed; Lasses …"

"Poor verdant fool, and now green ice! thy joys, Large and as lasting as thy perch of grass, Bid us lay in ‘gainst win…"

"TELL me not Sweet I am unkind, That from the Nunnery Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind, To War and Armes I fly. Tr…"

"If to be absent were to be Away from thee; Or that when I am gone, You and I were alone; Then, my Lucasta, might I cr…"

"Though Seas and Land betwixt us both, Our Faith and Troth, Like separated soules, All time and space controules: Abov…"

"Here we’ll strip and cool our fire In cream below, in milk-baths higher; And when all wells are drawn dry, I’ll drink…"

"Then, if when I have lov’d my round, Thou prov’st the pleasant she, With spoils of meaner beauties crown’d I laden wi…"