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      'And whiles against a thorn thou bear'st thy part

      To keep thy sharp woes waking�察�wretched I��

      To imitate thee well�察�against my heart

      Will fix a sharp knife to affright mine eye��

      Who�察�if it wink�察�shall thereon fall and die。

        These means�察�as frets upon an instrument��

        Shall tune our heart´strings to true languishment。



      'And for�察�poor bird�察�thou sing'st not in the day��

      As shaming any eye should thee behold��

      Some dark deep desert�察�seated from the way��

      That knows not parching heat nor freezing cold��

      Will we find out�察�and there we will unfold

        To creatures stern sad tunes�察�to change their kinds。

        Since men prove beasts�察�let beasts bear gentle minds。'



      As the poor frighted deer�察�that stands at gaze��

      Wildly determining which way to fly��

      Or one encompassed with a winding maze

      That cannot tread the way out readily��

      So with herself is she in mutiny��

        To live or die which of the twain were better��

        When life is shamed and death reproach's debtor。



      'To kill myself��' quoth she�察�'alack�察�what were it��

      But with my body my poor soul's pollution��

      They that lose half with greater patience bear it

      Than they whose whole is swallowed in confusion。

      That mother tries a merciless conclusion

        Who�察�having two sweet babes�察�when death takes one��

        Will slay the other and be nurse to none。



      'My body or my soul�察�which was the dearer��

      When the one pure�察�the other made divine��

      Whose love of either to myself was nearer��

      When both were kept for heaven and Collatine��

      Ay me� �the bark pilled from the lofty pine��

        His leaves will wither and his sap decay��

        So must my soul�察�her bark being pilled away。



      'Her house is sacked�察�her quiet interrupted��

      Her mansion battered by the enemy��

      Her sacred temple spotted�察�spoiled�察�corrupted��

      Grossly engirt with daring infamy��

      Then let it not be called impiety

        If in this blemished fort I make some hole

        Through which I may convey this troubled soul。



      'Yet die I will not till my Collatine

      Have heard the cause of my untimely death��

      That he may vow�察�in that sad hour of mine��

      Revenge on him that made me stop my breath。

      My stained blood to Tarquin I'll bequeath��

        Which by him tainted shall for him be spent��

        And as his due writ in my testament。



      'My honour I'll bequeath unto the knife

      That wounds my body so dishonoured。

      'Tis honour to deprive dishonoured life��

      The one will live�察�the other being dead。

      So of shame's ashes shall my fame be bred��

        For in my death I murder shameful scorn。

        My shame so dead�察�mine honour is new born。



      'Dear lord of that dear jewel I have lost��

      What legacy shall I bequeath to thee��

      My resolution�察�love�察�shall be thy boast��

      By whose example thou revenged mayst be。

      How Tarquin must be used�察�read it in me��

        Myself�察�thy friend�察�will kill myself�察�thy foe��

        And�察�for my sake�察�serve thou false Tarquin so。



      'This brief abridgement of my will I make��

      My soul and body to the skies and ground��

      My resolution�察�husband�察�do thou take��

      Mine honour be the knife's that makes my wound��

      My shame be his that did my fame confound��

        And all my fame that lives disbursed be

        To those that live and think no shame of me。



      'Thou�察�Collatine�察�shalt oversee this will��

      How was I overseen that thou shalt see it��

      My blood shall wash the slander of mine ill��

      My life's foul deed�察�my life's fair end shall free it。

      Faint not�察�faint heart�察�but stoutly say ;So be it;。

        Yield to my hand�察�my hand shall conquer thee��

        Thou dead�察�both die and both shall victors be。'



      This plot of death when sadly she had laid��

      And wiped the brinish pearl from her bright eyes��

      With untuned tongue she hoarsely calls her maid��

      Whose swift obedience to her mistress hies��

      ;For fleet´winged duty with thought's feathers flies。

        Poor Lucrece' cheeks unto her maid seem so

        As winter meads when sun doth melt their snow。



      Her mistress she doth give demure good´morrow

      With soft slow tongue�察�true mark of modesty��

      And sorts a sad look to her lady's sorrow��

      For why her face wore sorrow's livery��

      But durst not ask of her audaciously

        Why her two suns were cloud´eclipsed so��

        Nor why her fair cheeks over´washed with woe。



      But as the earth doth weep�察�the sun being set��

      Each flower moist'ned like a melting eye��

      Even so the maid with swelling drops 'gan wet

      Her circled eyne�察�enforced by sympathy

      Of those fair suns set in her mistress' sky��

        Who in a salt´waved ocean quench their light��

        Which makes the maid weep like the dewy night。



      A pretty while these pretty creatures stand��

      Like ivory conduits coral cisterns filling。

      One justly weeps�察�the other takes in hand

      No cause but company of her drops spilling��

      Their gentle sex to weep are often willing��

        Grieving themselves to guess at others' smarts��

        And then they drown their eyes or break their hearts。



      For men have marble�察�women waxen�察�minds��

      And therefore are they formed as marble will��

      The weak oppressed�察�th' impression of strange kinds

      Is formed in them by force�察�by fraud�察�or skill。

      Then call them not the authors of their ill��

        No more than wax shall be accounted evil

        Wherein is stamped the semblance of a devil。



      Their smoothness�察�like a goodly champaign plain��

      Lays open all the little worms that creep��

      In men�察�as in a rough´grown grove�察�remain

      Cave´keeping evils that obscurely sleep。

      Through crystal walls each little mote will peep。

        Though men can cover crimes with bold stern looks��

        Poor women's faces are their own faults' books。



      No man inveigh against the withered flower��

      But chide rough winter that the flower hath killed。

      Not that devoured�察�but that which doth devour��

      Is worthy blame。 O�察�let it not be hild

      Poor women's faults that they are so fulfilled

        With men's abuses�此�those proud lords to blame

        Make weak´made women tenants to' their shame。



      The precedent whereof in Lucrece view��

      Assailed by night with circumstances strong

      Of present death�察�and shame that might ensue

      By that her death�察�to do her husband wrong。

      Such danger to resistance did belong��

        That dying fear through all her body spread��

        And who cannot abuse a body dead��



      By this�察�mild patience bid fair Lucrece speak

      To the poor counterfeit of her complaining。

      'My girl��' quoth she�察�'on what occasion break

      Those tears from thee that down thy cheeks are raining��

      If thou dost weep for grief of my sustaining��

        Know�察�gentle wench�察�it small avails my mood��

        If tears could help�察�mine own would do me good。



      'But tell me�察�girl�察�when went'´and there she stayed

      Till after a deep groan´'Tarquin from hence��'

      'Madam�察�ere I was up��' replied the maid��

      'The more to blame my sluggard negligence。

      Yet with the fault I thus far can dispense��

        Myself was stirring ere the break of day��

        And ere I rose was Tarquin gone away。



      'But�察�lady�察�if your maid may be so bold��

      She would request to know your heaviness。'

      'O�察�peace��' quoth Lucrece�此�'if it should be told��

      The repetition cannot make it less��

      For more it is than I can well express��

        And that deep torture may be called a hell

        When more is felt than one hath power to tell。



      'Go�察�get me hither paper�察�ink and pen��

      Yet save that labour�察�for I have them here。

      What should I say�拭�One of my husband's men

      Bid thou be ready by and by to bear

      A letter to my lord�察�my love�察�my dear。

        Bid him with speed prepare to carry it��

        The cause craves haste and it will soon be writ。'



      Her maid is gone�察�and she prepares to write��

      First hovering o'er the paper with her quill。

      Conceit and grief an eager combat fight��

      What wit sets down is blotted straight with will��

      This is too curious´good�察�this blunt and ill��

        Much like a press of people at a door��

        Throng her inventions�察�which shall go before。



      At last she thus begins�此�'Thou worthy lord

      Of that unworthy wife that greeteth thee��

      Health to thy person� �next vouchsafe t'afford´

      If ever�察�love�察�thy Lucre
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