Dull sublunary lovers’ love
A deuely dele in my heart denned
He dein’d cam with wind wavis stille
With heart whose love twas innocent
Shone forth bout wan wood mine
Stille resteth sae, O empeyreal skye
Nae tremblith (effraide –alarmed)my
Late weary waited I through wayward thought
Stir hartiness for my heart and yet I the hind
O Orpheus bid that forest move!
The forward footing tward an hidden shade
Vertue gives her selfe light, through darkenesse for to wade
My self prepayre for he is coming strayt
With naked foot he softly step
to I in chamber made wait
He doth dripth aryse fayre love
Lyllies born rusl’ed feth turtledoeve
Song Thousand shield coateh waitih grove
Strong An gartheth lions pomegrans
Mandrakes long give foth fragrance
And thus did they depart
NOTES
Line 1: From
Line 2: From “
Line 3: C.f. "I Sing of a Maiden”
Line 6: Evening star
Line 7: Wan =dark
Line 12: Note puns on hartiness; hart = male dear, and hind = female deer
Line 13: close/awayt = secret/ambush
Line 13: hew = form
Line 14:
Line 17: Direct quote from
Labels: Aesthetics
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