In Cupid's court

by Unknown

What it might be molested most the head and mind of man;

The bending brow of prince’s face, to wrath that doth attend,

Or want of parents, wife, or child, or loss of faithful friend;

The roaring of the cannon shot, that makes the piece to shake,

Or terror, such as mighty Jove from heaven above can make:

All these in fine, may not compare, experience so doth prove,

Unto the torments, sharp and strange, of such as be in love.

Love looks aloft, and laughs to scorn all such as griefs annoy,

The more extreme their passions be, the greater is his joy,

Thus Love, as victor of the field, triumphs above the rest,