A delicate new Ditty composed vpon the Posie of a Ring being, I fancy none but thee alone: sent as a New yeeres Gift by a Louer to his Sweet-heart.
To the tune Dulcina.
THou who art so swéet a creature,
that aboue all earthly ioy
I thée deeme for thy rare feature,
kill me not by séeming coy,
nor be thou mute,
when this my suit
Into thy eares by loue is blowne,
but say by me,
as I by thée:
I fancy none but thee alone.
Hadst thou
Cupids mothers beauty,
and
Dianaes chaste desires,
Thinke on that which is thy duty,
to fulfill what loue requires,
'tis loue I aske,
and tis thy taske
to be propitious to my mone,
for still I say,
and will for aye,
I fancy none but thee alone.
Let not selfe-conceit ore-sway thée,
woman was at first ordained,
To serue man, though I obey thée,
being by loues law constrained,
my sobs and teares,
true witnesse beares,
of my hearts griefe and heauy mone,
let not thy frowne
then me cast downe,
who fancies none but thee alone.
Thinke what promise thou didst giue me,
when I first did thée behold,
There thou vow'dst thou wouldst not leaue me,
for a masse of Indian gold.
but now I finde
thou art vnkinde,
all former vowes are past and gone,
yet once againe,
him entertaine,
who fancies none but thee alone.
Let my true affections moue thée,
to commiserate my paine,
If thou knew'st how deare I loue thée,
sure thou wouldst loue him againe:
I thée affect:
and more respect
thy welfare then I doe mine owne:
lot this moue thée
to pitty me,
who fancies none but thee alone.
Why should women be obdurate.
and mens proffers thus despise?
Deare, be rul'd, we'le haue a Curate,
nuptiall rites to solemnize:
thou Marigold,
whose leaues vnfold,
when
Tytanes rayes reflect thereon,
on thée Ile shine,
for thou art mine,
I fancy none but thee alone.
The second part. Or, the Maidens kind Reply.
To the same Tune.
DEare, I haue receiu'd thy token,
and with it thy faithfull loue,
Prethée let no more be spoken,
I to thée will constant proue,
doe not despaire,
nor liue in care,
for her who vowes to be thine owne,
though I séeme strange,
I will not change,
I fancy none but thee alone.
Thinke not that I will forgoe thée,
though I'm absent from thy sight,
If I knew how to come to thée:
Ide be with thée day and night,
But well thou know'st,
how I am crost,
else should my loue to thée be showne,
with frée accord,
yet take my word,
I fancy none but thee alone.
This prouerbe hath oft béen vsed,
She that's bound, must néeds obey,
And thou séest how I'm inclused,
from thy presence night and day,
I dare not shew
what loue I owe
to thée, for feare it should be knowne,
yet still my minde,
shall be inclinde,
To fancy none but thee alone.
Though my body for season,
be absent from thee perforce,
Yet I pray thée iudge with reason,
that I loue thée nere the worse.
Oh that I might
enioy thy sight,
then should my loue to thée be showne,
then doe not thinke,
her loue te shrinke,
who fancies none but thee alone.
Many times I thinke vpon thée,
in my melancholly fits,
When I finde my selfe kept from thée,
it depriues me of my wits:
oft times I wéepe,
when other sléepe.
producing many a grieuous groane,
then thinke on me,
as I on thée,
and fancy none but thee alone.
No fastidious motions m
[...]e me,
to be from thy sight so long.
Doe not then (my deare) reproue me,
nor suspect I doe thee w
[...]ong:
For be thou sure,
I doe endure,
in constancy surpast by none:
I long to see
the time that we,
shall of two bodies be made one.
FINIS.
London Printed for F. C.