Though others may her brow adore,
Yet more must I that therein see far more
Than any other’s eyes have power to see;
She is to me
More than to any others she can be.
I can discern more secret notes
That in the margin of her cheeks Love quotes
Than any else besides have art to read;
No looks proceed
From those fair eyes but to me wonder breed.
O then why
Should she fly
From him to whom her sight
Doth add so much above her might?
Why should not she
Still joy to reign in me?
From William Byrd’s Psalms, Songs and Sonnets, 1611.
Let not the sluggish sleep
From George Mason’s and John Earsden’s Airs that were sung and played at Brougham Castle in Westmoreland in the King’s Entertainment given by the Earl of Cumberland, 1618.
Let us in a lovers’ round
From Thomas Weelkes’ Madrigals of Six Parts, 1600.
Like two proud armies marching in the field,—
From Thomas Weelkes’ Madrigals to Three, Four, Five and Six Voices, 1597.
Lo! country sport that seldom fades;