GEORGE PEELE

Concludes with Cupid's curse, i They that do change old love for new

Pray gods they change for worse ! ' Ambo Slmul. They that do change old love for new, Pray gods they change for worse \

(Enone. Fair and fair, etc. Paris. Fair and fair, etc.

Thy love is fair, etc.

(Enone. My love can pipe, my love can sing, My love can many a pretty thing, And of his lovely praises ring My merry, merry, merry roundelays

Amen to Cupid's curse, ' They that do change,' etc. Paris. They that do change, etc. Ambo. Fair and fair, etc.

102. A Farewell to Arms

(TO QUEEN ELIZABETH)

L_J IS golden locks Time hath to silver turn'd ; His youth 'gainst time and age hath ever spurn'd,

But spurn'd in vain ; youth waneth by increasing : Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen ; Duty, faith, love, are roots, and ever green.

His helmet now shall make a hive for bees ;

And, lovers' sonnets turn'd to holy psalms, A man-at-arms must now serve on his knees,

And feed on prayers, which are Age his alms : But though from court to cottage he depart, His Saint is sure of his unspotted heart.

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