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

Fancies and Fantasticks. 355The Horse doth ease, if he be ridden,The Feast doth please, if Guest be bidden,The Bucket draws the water forth.The Rose when pluck'd, is still most worth :Such is the Virgin inmy eyes,That lives, loves, marries, ere she dyes.Like a Stock not grafFed on,Or like a Lute not playd upon,Like a Jack without a weight,Or a Bark without a fraight,Like a Lock without a Key,Or a Candle in the day :Just such as these may she be said,That lives, not loves, but dyes a maid.The graffed Stock doth bear best fruite,There's Musick in the finger'd LuteThe weight doth make the Jack go ready,The fraight doth make the bark go steady ;The Key the Lock doth open right,A Candle's useful in the night:Such is the Virgin in my eyes,That lives, loves, marries, ere she dyes.Like a Call without a Non-sir,Or a Question without Answer,Like a Ship was never rigg'd,Or a Mine was never digg'd ;A A 2KIT