Like as a huntsman after weary chace,

Seeing the game from him escaped away,

Sits down to rest him in some shady place,

With panting hounds beguilèd of their prey;

So after long pursuit and vain assay, 5

When I all weary had the chace forsook,

The gentle deer returned the self-same way,

Thinking to quench her thirst at the next brook;

There she beholding me with milder look,

Sought not to fly, but fearless still did bide, 10