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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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