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Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

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;2 34 X'X. SIR THOMAS WIAT.Yet I pr<strong>of</strong>esse it willinglyTo serue, and suffer paciently.Yea, though fortune her pleasant face 25Should shew, <strong>to</strong> set me vp a-l<strong>of</strong>t.And streight, my wealth for <strong>to</strong> deface,Should wri<strong>the</strong> away, as she doth <strong>of</strong>t,Yet would I styll my- self applyTo serue, and suffer paciently. 30There is no grief, no smart, no woThat yet I fele,or after shall,That <strong>from</strong> this mynde may make me goAnd, whatsoeuer me befall,I do pr<strong>of</strong>esse it willingly 35To serue, and sufler paciently.(G) A description <strong>of</strong> such a otie as he would hue.\})r^ A Face that should content me wonderous well\- A Should not be faire, but louely <strong>to</strong> beholde ;y^ \)f liuely loke, all griefe for <strong>to</strong> repellWith right good grace ; so would I that it shouldSpeake, without word, such wordes as none can tell. 5The tresse also should be <strong>of</strong> crisped gold.With wit and <strong>the</strong>se perchance I might be tryde,And knit againe with knot that should not slide.(H) Comparison <strong>of</strong> loue <strong>to</strong> a streamefalling<strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong>Alpes.Rom <strong>the</strong>se hie hilles as when a spring doth fall,"PIt trilleth do^^^le with still and sutde course,Of this and that itga<strong>the</strong>rs ay, and shall,Till it haue iust downflowed <strong>to</strong> streame and force,

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