CUPID and my Campaspe play'd	 
At cards for kisses; Cupid paid:	 
He stakes his quiver, bow, and arrows,	 
His mother's doves, and team of sparrows;	 
Loses them too; then down he throws	   5
The coral of his lip, the rose	 
Growing on's cheek (but none knows how);	 
With these, the crystal of his brow,	 
And then the dimple on his chin;	 
All these did my Campaspe win:	  10
And last he set her both his eyes	 
She won, and Cupid blind did rise.	 
  O Love! has she done this to thee?	 
  What shall, alas! become of me?
Cupid And Campaspe
written byJohn Lyly
© John Lyly


 



