[3300]'Sir, I am grieved,' quoth she, 'you are allied

To him whose quiver crowns a lover's wish.

Else at a twelve-score distance might y' have spied

You cast your net to mesh a simple fish.

Your worth and feature does entitle you

To Cytherea with her silver hue.

When I, alas! am but an homely maid,

Born to a spindle and to serve a plough.

To milk my spongy-teated cows I strayed,

Which here amongst these tender hazels low.