a defence of poesie and poems-第15节

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How　oft　have　I　been　reft　of　sense；　By　gazing　on　their　excellence；　But　meeting　Mopsa　in　my　way；　And　looking　on　her　face　of　clay；　Been　healed；　and　cured；　and　made　as　sound；　As　though　I　ne'er　had　had　a　wound？　And　when　in　tables　of　my　heart；　Love　wrought　such　things　as　bred　my　smart；　Mopsa　would　come；　with　face　of　clout；　And　in　an　instant　wipe　them　out。　And　when　their　faces　made　me　sick；　Mopsa　would　come；　with　face　of　brick；　A　little　heated　in　the　fire；　And　break　the　neck　of　my　desire。　Now　from　their　face　I　turn　mine　eyes；　But　（cruel　panthers！）　they　surprise　Me　with　their　breath；　that　incense　sweet；　Which　only　for　the　gods　is　meet；　And　jointly　from　them　doth　respire；　Like　both　the　Indies　set　on　fire：

Which　so　o'ercomes　man's　ravished　sense；　That　souls；　to　follow　it；　fly　hence。　No　such…like　smell　you　if　you　range　To　th'　Stocks；　or　Cornhill's　square　Exchange；　There　stood　I　still　as　any　stock；　Till　Mopsa；　with　her　puddle　dock；　Her　compound　or　electuary；　Made　of　old　ling　and　young　canary；　Bloat…herring；　cheese；　and　voided　physic；　Being　somewhat　troubled　with　a　phthisic；　Did　cough；　and　fetch　a　sigh　so　deep；　As　did　her　very　bottom　sweep：　Whereby　to　all　she　did　impart；　How　love　lay　rankling　at　her　heart：　Which；　when　I　smelt；　desire　was　slain；　And　they　breathed　forth　perfumes　in　vain。　Their　angel　voice　surprised　me　now；　But　Mopsa；　her　Too…whit；　Too…whoo；　Descending　through　her　oboe　nose；　Did　that　distemper　soon　compose。

And；　therefore；　O　thou　precious　owl；　The　wise　Minerva's　only　fowl；　What；　at　thy　shrine；　shall　I　devise　To　offer　up　a　sacrifice？　Hang　AEsculapius；　and　Apollo；　And　Ovid；　with　his　precious　shallow。　Mopsa　is　love's　best　medicine；　True　water　to　a　lover's　wine。　Nay；　she's　the　yellow　antidote；　Both　bred　and　born　to　cut　Love's　throat：　Be　but　my　second；　and　stand　by；　Mopsa；　and　I'll　them　both　defy；　And　all　else　of　those　gallant　races；　Who　wear　infection　in　their　faces；　For　thy　face　（that　Medusa's　shield！）　Will　bring　me　safe　out　of　the　field。



POEM：　　VERSES



To　the　tune　of　the　Spanish　song；　〃Si　tu　senora　no　ducles　de　mi。〃

O　fair！　O　sweet！　when　I　do　look　on　thee；　In　whom　all　joys　so　well　agree；　Heart　and　soul　do　sing　in　me。　This　you　hear　is　not　my　tongue；　Which　once　said　what　I　conceived；　For　it　was　of　use　bereaved；　With　a　cruel　answer　stung。　No！　though　tongue　to　roof　be　cleaved；　Fearing　lest　he　chastised　be；　Heart　and　soul　do　sing　in　me。

O　fair！　O　sweet！　when　I　do　look　on　thee；　In　whom　all　joys　so　well　agree；　Just　accord　all　music　makes；　In　thee　just　accord　excelleth；　Where　each　part　in　such　peace　dwelleth；　One　of　other　beauty　takes。　Since　then　truth　to　all　minds　telleth；　That　in　thee　lives　harmony；　Heart　and　soul　do　sing　in　me。

O　fair！　O　sweet！　when　I　do　look　on　thee；　In　whom　all　joys　so　well　agree；　They　that　heaven　have　known　do　say；　That　whoso　that　grace　obtaineth；　To　see　what　fair　sight　there　reigneth；　Forced　are　to　sing　alway：　So　then　since　that　heaven　remaineth　In　thy　face；　I　plainly　see；　Heart　and　soul　do　sing　in　me。

O　fair！　O　sweet！　when　I　do　look　on　thee；　In　whom　all　joys　so　well　agree；　Sweet；　think　not　I　am　at　ease；　For　because　my　chief　part　singeth；　This　song　from　death's　sorrow　springeth：　As　to　swan　in　last　disease：　For　no　dumbness；　nor　death；　bringeth　Stay　to　true　love's　melody：　Heart　and　soul　do　sing　in　me。



POEM：　　TRANSLATION



From　Horace；　Book　II。　Ode　X。；　beginning　〃Rectius　vives；　Licini；〃　&c。

You　better　sure　shall　live；　not　evermore　Trying　high　seas；　nor；　while　sea's　rage　you　flee；　Pressing　too　much　upon　ill…harboured　shore。

The　golden　mean　who　loves；　lives　safely　free　From　filth　of　foreworn　house；　and　quiet　lives；　Released　from　court；　where　envy　needs　must　be。

The　wind　most　oft　the　hugest　pine　tree　grieves：　The　stately　towers　come　down　with　greater　fall：　The　highest　hills　the　bolt　of　thunder　cleaves。

Evil　haps　do　fill　with　hope；　good　haps　appall　With　fear　of　change；　the　courage　well　prepared：　Foul　winters；　as　they　come；　away　they　shall。

Though　present　times；　and　past；　with　evils　be　snared；　They　shall　not　last：　　with　cithern　silent　Muse；　Apollo　wakes；　and　bow　hath　sometime　spared。

In　hard　estate；　with　stout　shows；　valour　use；　The　same　man　still；　in　whom　wisdom　prevails；　In　too　full　wind　draw　in　thy　swelling　sails。



POEM：　　A　SONNET　BY　SIR　EDWARD　DYER



Prometheus；　when　first　from　heaven　high　He　brought　down　fire；　till　then　on　earth　not　seen；　Fond　of　delight；　a　satyr；　standing　by；　Gave　it　a　kiss；　as　it　like　sweet　had　been。

Feeling　forthwith　the　other　burning　power；　Wood　with　the　smart；　with　shouts　and　shrieking　shrill；　He　sought　his　ease　in　river；　field；　and　bower；　But；　for　the　time；　his　grief　went　with　him　still。

So　silly　I；　with　that　unwonted　sight；　In　human　shape　an　angel　from　above；　Feeding　mine　eyes；　th'　impression　there　did　light；　That　since　I　run　and　rest　as　pleaseth　love：　The　difference　is；　the　satyr's　lips；　my　heart；　He　for　a　while；　I　evermore；　have　smart。



POEM：　　SIR　PHILIP　SIDNEY'S　SONNET　IN　REPLY



A　satyr　once　did　run　away　for　dread；　With　sound　of　horn　which　he　himself　did　blow：　Fearing　and　feared；　thus　from　himself　he　fled；　Deeming　strange　evil　in　that　he　did　not　know。

Such　causeless　fears　when　coward　minds　do　take；　It　makes　them　fly　that　which　they　fain　would　have；　As　this　poor　beast；　who　did　his　rest　forsake；　Thinking　not　why；　but　how；　himself　to　save。

Ev'n　thus　might　I；　for　doubts　which　I　conceive　Of　mine　own　words；　my　own　good　hap　betray；　And　thus　might　I；　for　fear　of　may　be；　leave　The　sweet　pursuit　of　my　desired　prey。　Better　like　I　thy　satyr；　dearest　Dyer；　Who　burnt　his　lips　to　kiss　fair　shining　fire。



POEM：　　MUST　LOVE　LAMENT？



My　mistress　lowers；　and　saith　I　do　not　love：　I　do　protest；　and　seek　with　service　due；　In　humble　mind；　a　constant　faith　to　prove；　But　for　all　this；　I　cannot　her　remove　From　deep　vain　thought　that　I　may　not　be　true。

If　oaths　might　serve；　ev'n　by　the　Stygian　lake；　Which　poets　say　the　gods　themselves　do　fear；　I　never　did　my　vowed　word　forsake：　For　why　should　I；　whom　free　choice　slave　doth　make；　Else…what　in　face；　than　in　my　fancy　bear？

My　Muse；　therefore；　for　only　thou　canst　tell；　Tell　me　the　cause　of　this　my　causeless　woe？　Tell；　how　ill　thought　disgraced　my　doing　well？　Tell；　how　my　joys　and　hopes　thus　foully　fell　To　so　low　ebb　that　wonted　were　to　flow？

O　this　it　is；　the　knotted　straw　is　found；　In　tender　hearts；　small　things　engender　hate：　A　horse's　worth　laid　waste　the　Trojan　ground；　A　three…foot　stool　in　Greece　made　trumpets　sound；　An　ass's　shade　e'er　now　hath　bred　debate。

If　Greeks　themselves　were　moved　with　so　small　cause；　To　twist　those　broils；　which　hardly　would　untwine：　Should　ladies　fair　be　tied　to　such　hard　laws；　As　in　their　moods　to　take　a　ling'ring　pause？　I　would　it　not；　their　metal　is　too　fine。

My　hand　doth　not　bear　witness　with　my　heart；　She　saith；　because　I　make　no　woeful　lays；　To　paint　my　living　death　and　endless　smart：　And　so；　for　one　that　felt　god　Cupid's　dart；　She　thinks　I　lead　and　live　too　merry　days。

Are　poets　then　the　only　lovers　true；　Whose　hearts　are　set　on　measuring　a　verse？　Who　think　themselves　well　blest；　if　they　renew　Some　good　old　dump　that　Chaucer's　mistress　knew；　And　use　but　you　for　matters　to　rehearse。

Then；　good　Apollo；　do　away　thy　bow：　Take　harp　and　sing　in　this　our　versing　time；　And　in　my　brain　some　sacred　humour　flow；　That　all　the　earth　my　woes；　sighs；　tears　may　know；　And　see　you　not　that　I　fall　low　to　rhyme。

As　for　my　mirth；　how　could　I　but　be　glad；　Whilst　that　methought　I　justly　made　my　boast　That　only　I　the　only　mistress　had？　But　now；　if　e'er　my　face　with　joy　be　clad；　Think　Hannibal　did　laugh　when　Carthage　lost。

Sweet　lady；　as　for　those　whose　sullen　cheer；　Compared　to　me；　made　me　in　lightness　sound；　Who；　stoic…like；　in　cloudy　hue　appear；　Who　silence　force　to　make　their　words　more　dear；　Whose　eyes　seem　chaste；　because　they　look　on　ground：

Believe　them　not；　for　physic　true　doth　find；　Choler　adust　is　joyed　in　woman…kind。



POEM：　　A　DIALOGUE　BETWEEN　TWO　SHEPHERDS



Uttered　in　a　Pastoral　Show　at　Wilton。

WILL。　　Dick；　since　we　cannot　dance；　come；　let　a　cheerful　voice　Show　that　we　do　not　grudge　at　all　when　others　do　rejoice。

DICK。　　Ah　Will；　though　I　grudge　not；　I　count　it　feeble　glee；　With　sight　made　dim　with　daily　tears　another's　sport　to　see。　Whoever　lambkins　saw；　yet　lambkins　love　to　play；　To　play　when　that　their　loved　dams　are　stolen　or　gone　astray？　If　this　in　them　be　true；　as　true　in　men　think　I；　A　lustless　song　forsooth　thinks　he　that　hath　more　lust　to　cry。

WILL。　　A　time　there　is　for　all；　my　mother　often　says；　When　she；　with　skirts　tucked　very　high；　with　girls　at　football　plays　When　thou　hast　mind　to　weep；　seek　out　some　smoky　room：　Now　let　those　lightsome　sights　we　see　thy　darkness　overcome。

DICK。　　What　joy　the　joyful　sun　gives　unto　bleared　eyes；　That　comfort　in　these　sports　you　like；　my　mind　his　comfort　tries。

WILL。　　What？　　Is　thy　bagpipe　broke；　or　are　thy　lambs　miswent；　Thy　wallet　or　thy　tar…box　lost；　or　thy　new　raiment…rent？

DICK。　　I　would　it　were　but　thus；　for　thus　it　were　too　well。

WILL。　　Thou　see'st　my　ears　do　itch　at　it：　　good　Dick　thy　sorrow　tell。

DICK。　　Hear　then；　and　learn　to　sigh：　　a　mistress　I　do　serve；　Whose　wages　make　me　beg　the　more；　who　feeds　me　till　I　starve；　Whose　liver