And whom I like eternise by mine art.60
Garments do wear, jewels and gold do waste,
The fame that verse gives doth for ever last.
To give I love, but to be asked disdain;
Leave asking, and I'll give what I refrain.
FOOTNOTES:
[187] Not in Isham copy or ed. A.
[188] "Simplex."
[189] Sans.
[190] "Nec Venus apta," &c.