Facetiae : Musarum deliciae, or, The Muses recreation, conteining ...

iEpigrams. 2 142. To his Mrs.Think not deare love that Fie reveale,Those houres of pleasure we do steale,No eye shall see, nor yet the sunDescrie what thee and I have done ;The God of love himself, whose dartDid first peirce mine, and next thy heart,He shall not know, that we can tellWhat sweets in stoln embracements dwell,Onely this meanes may find it out,If when I dy, Phisitians doubtWhat caus'd my death, and they to viewOf all the judgements that are true,Rip up my heart oh then I feareThe world will find thy picture there.vXfl[43. Tempus edax rerum.The sweetest flower in the summers prime.By all agreement is the damaske rose,Which if itgrow, and be not pluck'd in time,She sheds her leaves, her buds their sent do loose,Oh let not things of worth, for want of useFall into allconsuming times abuse :The sweetest work that ever nature fram'd,By all agreement is a virgins face,Which not enjoy'd, her white and red will fade,And unto all worm-eating time give place :Oh let not things of worth, for want of useFall into allconsuming times abuse.