Book: Colin Clouts Come Home Againe. by Edm. Spencer.
Quotes of Book: Colin Clouts Come Home Againe.
Not so {quoth he} love most aboundeth there.For all the walls and windows there are writ,All full of love, and love, and love my deare,And all their talke and studie is of it.Ne any there doth brave or valiant seeme,Unlesse that some gay Mistresse badge he bears:Ne any one himselfe doth ought esteeme,Unlesse he swin in love up to the ears.But they of love and of his sacred lere,{As it should be} all otherwise devise,Then we poore shepheards are accustomd here,And him do sue and serve all otherwise.For with lewd speeches and licentious deeds,His mightie mysteries they do prophane,And use his ydle name to other needs,But as a complement for courting vaine.So him they do not serve as they professe,But make him serve to them for sordid uses,Ah my dread Lord, that doest liege hearts possesse,Avenge they selfe on them for their abuses. book-quote
