CLORIS, it is not thy disdaine   
  Can ever cover with dispaire   
  Or in cold ashes hide that care   
Which I have fedd with soe long paine,   
I may perhaps myne eyes refraine          5 
And fruiteless wordes noe more impart,   
But yet still serve, still serve thee in my hearte.   
   
What though I spend my haplesse dayes   
  In finding entertainements out,   
  Carelesse of what I goe about,   10 
Or seeke my peace in skillfull wayes   
Applying to my Eyes new rays   
Of Beauty, and another flame   
Unto my Heart, my heart is still the same.   
   
Tis true that I could love noe face   15 
  Inhabited by cold disdayne,   
  Taking delight in others paine.   
Thy lookes are full of native grace;   
Since then by chance scorne there hath place,   
Tis to be hop't I may remove   20 
This scorne one day, one day by Endless Love.
Cloris, it is not thy disdaine
written bySidney Godolphin
© Sidney Godolphin


 



