The Triumph
SEE the Chariot at hand here of Love Wherein my Lady rideth! Each that draws is a swan or a dove And well the car Love guideth. As she goes all hearts do duty Unto her beauty; And enamour'd do wish so they might But enjoy such a sight That they still were to run by her side Through swords through seas whither she would ride. Do but look on her eyes they do light All that Love's world compriseth! Do but look on her hair it is bright As Love's star when it riseth! Do but mark her forehead's smoother Than words that soothe her; And from her arch'd brows such a grace Sheds itself through the face As alone there triumphs to the life All the gain all the good of the elements' strife. Have you seen but a bright lily grow Before rude hands have touch'd it? Have you mark'd but the fall of the snow Before the soil hath smutch'd it? Have you felt the wool of beaver Or swan's down ever? Or have smelt o' the bud o' the brier Or the nard in the fire? Or have tasted the bag of the bee? O so #CCCCFF O so soft O so sweet is she! |