Clarence, in steel so bright, Warwick in blood did wade; Oxford the foe invade, And cruel slaughter made, Still as they ran up. Suffolk his axe did ply, Upon St. Crispin's day Oh, when shall Englishmen Or England breed again Such a King Harry ? MICHAEL DRAYTON. Take thy Old Cloake about thee. THIS winter weather, it waxeth cold, And Boreas blows his blastes so cold "Rise up, and save cowe Crumbocke's life— "O Bell, why dost thou flyte and scorne? Thou kenst my cloake is very thin It is so bare and overworne A cricke he thereon can not renn. For Ile have a new cloake about me." "Cow Crumbocke is a very good cow She has been alwayes true to the payle; She has helped us to butter and cheese, I trow, And other things she will not fayle; I wold be loth to see her pine; Good husbande, counsel take of meIt is not for us to go so fine; Man, take thy old cloake about thee." "My cloake, it was a very good cloake- I have had it four-and-forty year. "T is now but a sigh clout as you may see; It will neither hold nor winde nor raineAnd Ile have a new cloake about me.' "It is four-and-forty yeares ago Since the one of us the other did ken; And we have had betwixt us towe Of children either nine or ten. We have brought them up to women and men— "O Bell, my wife, why dost thou floute? Now is now, and then was then; แ Seeke now all the world throughout, Thou kenst not clownes from gentlemen; They are clad in blacke, greene, yellowe, or gray, So far above their own degree Once in my life Ile do as they, For Ile have a new cloake about me." 'King Stephen was a worthy peere His breeches cost him but a crowne; And thou'se but of a low degree- Bell, my wife, she loves not strife, And oft to live a quiet life I'm forced to yield though I be good-man. It's not for a man with a woman to threepe, Unless he first give o'er the plea; As we began sae will we leave, And Ile take my old cloake about me. ANONYMOUS A Contented Mind. I WEIGH not fortune's frown or smile; I quake not at the thunder's crack; I swound not at the news of wrack, I see ambition never pleased; I see some Tantals starved in store; I see even Midas gape for more; I feign not friendship where I hate; A mind content, a conscience clear. JOSHUA SYLVESTER. Lobe me Little, Love me Long. LOVE me little, love me long! Is the burden of my song: Burneth soon to waste. Still I would not have thee cold- Love that lasteth till 't is old Fadeth not in haste. Love me little, love me long! If thou lovest me too much, For I fear the end. I'm with little well content, And a little from thee sent Is enough, with true intent Say thou lovest me, while thou live As now when in my May of youth: Constant love is moderate ever, Give me that with true endeavor,— A suit of durance let it be, For all weathers,—that for me,— Winter's cold or summer's heat, Such the love that I would gain, ANONYMOUS. |