23.07.2007, 08:44
THE LOVER'S LORD AND MASTER.
I PRAY thee, dear, think not alone of me,
But think sometimes of my great master, LOVE;
His faithful slave he is so far above
That for his sake I would forgotten be:
Though well I know that hidden thus from thee
Not far away my image then might rove,
And his sweet countenance in thy mind would move
Ever thy soul to gentler charity.
So when thy lover's self leaps from his song,
Thou him may love not less for his fair Lord.
But that thy love for me grow never small,
(As bow long bent twangs not the arrowed cord,
And he doth lose his star who looks too long,)
Sometimes, dear heart, think not of me at all.
I PRAY thee, dear, think not alone of me,
But think sometimes of my great master, LOVE;
His faithful slave he is so far above
That for his sake I would forgotten be:
Though well I know that hidden thus from thee
Not far away my image then might rove,
And his sweet countenance in thy mind would move
Ever thy soul to gentler charity.
So when thy lover's self leaps from his song,
Thou him may love not less for his fair Lord.
But that thy love for me grow never small,
(As bow long bent twangs not the arrowed cord,
And he doth lose his star who looks too long,)
Sometimes, dear heart, think not of me at all.