Whate’er she meant by it, bury it with me,

For since I am

Love’s martyr, it might breed idolatry,

If into other hands these relics came;

As ’twas humility

To afford to it all that a soul can do,

So, ’tis some bravery,

That, since you would have none of me, I bury some of you.

In The Blossom he is in a still more earthly mood, and declares that, if his mistress remains obdurate, he will return to London, where he will find a mistress:

As glad to have my body as my mind.