Crawles to maturity,wherewith being crown'd, Crooked eclipses gainst his glory fight, And time that gaue,doth now his gift confound. Time doth transfixe the florish set on youth, And delues the paralels in beauties brow, Feedes on the rarities of natures truth, And nothing stands but for his sieth to mow.    And yet to times in hope,my verse shall stand    Praising thy worth,dispight his cruell hand. 61

I S it thy wil,thy Image should keepe open My heauy eielids to the weary night?

Dost thou desire my slumbers should be broken, While shadowes like to thee do mocke my sight? Is it thy spirit that thou send'st from thee So farre from home into my deeds to prye, To find out shames and idle houres in me, The skope and tenure of thy Ielousie? O no,thy loue though much,is not so great, It is my loue that keepes mine eie awake, Mine owne true loue that doth my rest defeat, To plaie the watch-man euer for thy sake.    For thee watch I,whilst thou dost wake elsewhere,    From me farre of , with others all to neere. 62

S Inne of selfe-loue possesseth al mine eie, And all my soule,and al my euery part;

And for this sinne there is no remedie, It is so grounded inward in my heart. Me thinkes no face so gratious is as mine, No shape so true,no truth of such account, And for my selfe mine owne worth do define, As I all other in all worths surmount. But when my glasse shewes me my selfe indeed Beated and chopt with tand antiquitie, Mine owne selfe loue quite contrary I read

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