Goe! hunt the whiter Ermine! and presentHis wealthy skin, as this dayes Tribute sentTo my Endimion's Love; Though she be farreMore gently smooth, more soft than Ermines are!Goe! climbe that Rock! and when thou there hast foundA Starre, contracted in a Diamond,Give it Endimion's Love; whose lasting Eyes,Out-looke the Starry Jewells of the Skies!Goe! dive into the Southern Sea! and whenTh'ast found (to trouble the nice sight of Men)A swelling Pearle; and such whose single worth,Boasts all the wonders which the Seas bring forth;Give it Endimion's Love! whose ev'ry Teare,Would more enrich the skillfull Jeweller.How I command? how slowly they obey?The churlish Tartar, will not hunt to day:Nor will that lazy, sallow-Indian striveTo climbe the Rock, nor that dull Negro dive.Thus Poets like to Kings (by trust deceiv'd)Give oftner what is heard off, than receiv'd.
