Her eyen gray and stepe She may well represent For this most goodly flower, She flourisheth fresh and new The Indy sapphire blew So properly it is set ! She is the violet, The daisy delectable, The columbine commendable, The jelofer amiable : For this most goodly flower, This blossom of fresh colour, So Jupiter me succóur, She flourisheth fresh and new In beauty and virtue ! And when I perceived And set so womanly, She flourisheth fresh and new And hands soft as silk, For this most goodly flower, This blossom of fresh colour, So Jupiter me succóur, She flourisheth fresh and new But whereto should I note To see her tread the ground But she would change his mood, Such relucent grace Is formed in her face : For this most goodly flower, This blossom of fresh colour, So Jupiter me succóur, She flourisheth fresh and new So goodly as she dresses, Of her hair so fine Like Phoebus' beams shine! She flourisheth fresh and new Her kirtle so goodly laced, Yet though I write not with ink, She flourisheth fresh and new My pen it is unable, My hand it is unstable, My reason rude and dull To praise her at the full, Goodly mistress Jane, Sober, demure Diane ! Jane, this mistress hight The lode-star of daylight, |