Illustrations of Early English Poetry Author:John Payne Collier Title: Illustrations of Early English Poetry: a Gorgious Gallery of Gallant Inventions; the Paradyse of Daynty Devises; Churchyard's Miscellaneous Poems; Churchyard's Charge; the Phoenix Nest General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1870 Original Publisher: Author Subjects: English poetry Literary Criticism / Poetry... more » Poetry / General Poetry / Anthologies Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: A. Why then there is no choife, but all women will chaunge, B. As men doe vfe, fo fome women doc Loue to raunge. A. The more is my paine, B. her Loue then refraine, A. Who thought fhe would flitt, B. eche one that hath witt: A. Is not this ftraunge, B. light Loue will chaunge. A. Sith flipper gaine falles to my lot, farewell that glidyng praie. B. Sith that the dice doeth runne awrie, betymes leaue of thy plaie. A. I will no more lamente, the thyng I maie not haue, B. Then by exchaunge the loffe to come, all fhalt thou faue. A. Loue will I refraine, B. thereby thou fhalt gaine, A. With loffe I will leaue, B. fhe will thee deceiue: A. That is not ftraunge, B. then let her raunge. FINIS. M. Edwardes. No paines eomparable to his attempt. Like as the dolefull Doue, delights alone to bee, And doeth refufe the bloumed branche, chufyng the leaf- leffe tree. Whereon wailyng his chaunce, with bitter teares befprent, Doeth with his bill, his tender breafte ofte pearfe and all to rent. Whofe greeuous gronyngs tho : whofe grips of pinyng paine, Whofe gaftly lookes, whofe bloudie ftreams out flowyng fro ech vain. Whofe fallyng from the tree, whofe pantyng on the grounde, Examples bee of myne eftate, tho there appere no wounde. FINIS. W. Hunui...« less