A True Heart Why, universal plodding poisons up The nimble spirits in the arteries, As motion and long-during action The sinewy vigour of the traveller. Now, for not looking on a womans face, you have in that forsworn the use of eyes in study too, the causer of your vow; For where is any author in the world Teaches such a beauty as a womans eye? learning is but an adjunct the ourself and where we are our learning likewise is: then when our selves we see in ladies eyes, Do we not likewise see our learning there? O, we have made a vow to study, lords, and in that Vow we have forsworn our books. For when would you, my liegw, or you, or you, In leaden contemplation have found out Such fiwry numbers as the promptie eyes Of beautys tutors have enricht you with? Other slow arts entirely keep the brain; And therefore, finding barren practisers, Scarce show a harvest of their heavy toil: But with the motion of all elements, Courses as swift as a thought in every power, And give to every power a double power, above of their functions in their offices. It adda precious seeing to they eye; A lovers eyes will gaze an eagle blind; A lovers ear will hear the lowest sound, When the suspicious head of theft stop: Loves feeling is more soft and sensible Than are the tender horns of cockled snails; Loves tongue proves dainty Bacchus gross in taste: For valour, is not Love a Hercules, Still?climbing trees in the Hesperides? Subtle as sphinx; as sweet and musical. As bright Apollos lute, strung wit his hair: and when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Make heaven drowsy with the harmony. Never durst poet touch a pen to write Untile his ink were temperd with O, then his lines would ravish savage ears and plant in tyrants mild humility. From womans eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain and nourish all the world Else none at all in aught proves excellent. Then foolsyou were these women to forsworn, Or keeping what is sworn, you will prove fools. For wisdoms sake, a word that all men love, Or for loves sake, a word that loves all man, Or for mens sake, the author of these women, Or womens sakd, by whom we men or men, let us once lose our oaths to find ourselves, Or else we lose ourselves to keep our oaths. It is religion tobe thus forsworn, For charity itself fulfils the law, And who can. Sever Love from charity? I love Kourtney DeAnn
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 08:07:24 +0000
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