His love brought Wit, and Wit engendered Spirit;

True Love and Wit thus learned him to indite.

"As the mild lamb runs forth from shepherd's fold,

By ravenous wolves is caught and made a prey:

So is my Sense, by which Love taketh hold,

Tormented more than any tongue can say.

The difference is, they tortured so, do die!

I feed the torment breeds my misery.

"Consumed by her I live, such is her glory!