Elegia II.

Quod primo amore correptus, in triumphum duci se a Cupidine patiatur.

What makes my bed seem hard seeing it is soft?

Or why slips down the coverlet so oft?

Although the nights be long I sleep not tho[134]

My sides are sore with tumbling to and fro.

Were love the cause it's like I should descry him,

Or lies he close and shoots where none can spy him?