As fair Aurora in her morning gray,
Deck'd with the ruddy glister of her love,
Is fair Samela;
Like lovely Thetis on a calmèd day,
Whenas her brightness Neptune's fancy move,
Shines fair Samela;
Her tresses gold, her eyes like glassy streams,
Her teeth are pearl, the breasts are ivory
Of fair Samela;
Her cheeks, like rose and lily, yield forth gleams,
Her brows, bright arches fram'd of ebony;
Thus fair Samela
Passeth fair Venus in her bravest hue,
And Juno in the show of majesty,
(For she's Samela!)
Pallas in wit,—all three, if you well view,
For beauty, wit, and matchless dignity
Yield to Samela.
Robert Greene.
KINDS OF LOVE.