< Page:Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900.djvu
This page needs to be proofread.

SIR PHILIP SIDNEY

88. The Bargain

TVyTY true love hath my heart, and I have his,

  • * By just exchange one for another given :

I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss, There never was a better bargain driven :

My true love hath my heart, and I have his.

His heart in me keeps him and me in one,

My heart in him his thoughts and senses guides :

He loves my heart, for once it was his own, I cherish his because in me it bides:

My true love hath my heart, and I have his.

89 . Song

HO hath his fancy pleased With fruits of happy sight, Let here his eyes be raised

On Nature's sweetest light; A light which doth dissever

And yet unite the eyes, A light which, dying never, Is cause the looker dies.

She never dies, but lasteth

In life of lover's heart ; He ever dies that wasteth

In love his chiefest part : Thus is her life still guarded

In never-dying faith ; Thus is his death rewarded,

Since she lives in his death.

�� �

    This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.