So had your body her morning, hath her noon,
And shall not better, her next change is night:
But her fair larger guest, t'whom sun and moon
Are sparks, and short liv'd, claims another right.—
The motto reads:
Our bodies had their morning, have their noon,
And shall not better—the next change is night,
But their fair larger guest, t'whom sun and moon
Are sparks and short liv'd, claims another right.
The alteration was first noted in 1837. In 1850 line 3 of Stanza III 'fair' is misprinted 'far'.
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BEN JONSON
A Nymph's Passion
I love, and he loves me again,
Yet dare I not tell who;
For if the nymphs should know my swain,
I fear they'd love him too;
Yet if it be not known, 5
The pleasure is as good as none,
For that's a narrow joy is but our own.