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Which roasted, we the steam
Must sacrifice to them,
Who though they do not eat,
Yet love the smell of meat.
Must sacrifice to them,
Who though they do not eat,
Yet love the smell of meat.
737. LOVERS: HOW THEY COME AND PART.
A gyges'[1] ring they bear about them still,
To be, and not seen when and where they will.
They tread on clouds, and though they sometimes fall,
They fall like dew, but make no noise at all.
So silently they one to th' other come,
As colours steal into the pear or plum,
And air-like, leave no pression to be seen
Where'er they met or parting place has been.
To be, and not seen when and where they will.
They tread on clouds, and though they sometimes fall,
They fall like dew, but make no noise at all.
So silently they one to th' other come,
As colours steal into the pear or plum,
And air-like, leave no pression to be seen
Where'er they met or parting place has been.
- ↑ Gyges' ring, which made the wearer invisible.
738. TO WOMEN, TO HIDE THEIR TEETH IF THEY
BE ROTTEN OR RUSTY.
Close keep your lips, if that you mean
To be accounted inside clean:
For if you cleave them we shall see
There in your teeth much leprosy.
To be accounted inside clean:
For if you cleave them we shall see
There in your teeth much leprosy.
739. IN PRAISE OF WOMEN.
O Jupiter, should I speak ill
Of woman-kind, first die I will;
Since that I know, 'mong all the rest
Of creatures, woman is the best.
Of woman-kind, first die I will;
Since that I know, 'mong all the rest
Of creatures, woman is the best.
