Doris.
Ad Lectorem, distichon
cujusdam de Autore.
Lascivi quæres fuerit cur carminis Autor:
Carmine lascivus, mente pudicus erat.
A Lover's Maze.
[It will be seen that Three of these Stanzas go together, rhyming in
their first words: True, True, New.—Sweet, Sweet, Meet, &c.]
| TRUE are my thoughts: | my thoughts that are untrue. |
| Blind are my eyes: | my eyes that are not blind. |
| New is my love: | my love that is not new. |
| Kind is that Fair: | that Fair that is not kind. |
Thus eyes and thoughts, that fairest Fair, my love;
Blind and untrue, unkind, unconstant prove.
| True are my thoughts: | because they never flit. |
| Untrue my thoughts: | because they me betrayed. |
| Blind are my eyes: | because in clouds I sit. |
| Not blind my eyes: | because I looks obeyed. |