| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907. | | | | Upon Her Protesting, That Now Having Tried His Sincere Affection, She Loved Him | | By Francis Davison (1575?–1619?) |
| | | LADY! 1 you are with beauties so enrichèd | |
| Of body and of mind; | |
| As I can hardly find, | |
| Which of them all hath most my heart bewitchèd. | |
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| Whether your skin so white, so smooth, so tender, | 5 |
| Or face so lovely fair, | |
| Or long heart-binding hair, | |
| Or dainty hand, or leg and foot so slender; | |
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| Or whether your sharp wit and lively spirit, | |
| Where pride can find no place; | 10 |
| Or your most pleasing grace; | |
| Or speech, which doth true eloquence inherit. | |
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| Most lovely all, and each of them doth move me | |
| More than words can express: | |
| But yet I must confess | 15 |
| I love you most, because you please to love me! | |
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