So long they be since she her faith forsook.

Fair white with rose-red was before commixt;

Now shine her looks pure white and red betwixt.

Her foot was small: her foot's form is most fit:

Comely tall was she, comely tall she's yet.

Sharp eyes she had: radiant like stars they be,

By which she, perjured oft, hath lied to[362] me.10

In sooth, th' eternal powers grant maids society

Falsely to swear; their beauty hath some deity.

By her eyes, I remember, late she swore,