Of Stygian Gods, which doe her love envy;

But she her selfe, when ever that she will,

Possesseth him, and of his sweetnesse takes her fill.

“And sooth it seemes they say: for he may not

For ever die, and ever buried bee

In balefull night, where all things are forgot;

All be he subject to mortalitie,

Yet is eterne in mutabilitie,

And by succession made perpetuall,

Transformed oft, and chaunged diverslie: