"But if I seem as yet too rough and savage unto thee,

Great store of oaken wood I have, and never-quenchèd fire;

And I can well endure my soul to burn with thy desire,

With this my only eye, than which I nothing think more trim:

Now woe is me, my mother bore me not with fins to swim!

That I might dive to thee; that I thy dainty hand might kiss,

If lips thou wouldst not let. Then would I lilies bring iwis,

And tender poppy-toe that bears a top like rattles red,

And these in summer time: but others are in winter bred,

So that I cannot bring them all at once. Now certainly