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BE nought
dismayd that her vnmoued mind,
doth still persist in
her rebellious pride:
such loue not lyke to lusts of
baser kynd,
the harder wonne, the firmer will abide.
The durefull Oake, whose sap is not yet dride,
is long ere it conceiue the kindling fyre:
but when
it once doth burne, it doth diuide
great heat, and
makes his flames to heauen aspire.
So hard it is to
kindle new desire,
in gentle brest that shall endure
for euer:
deepe is the wound, that dints the parts
entire
with chast affects, that naught but death can
seuer.
Then thinke not long in taking litle paine,
to knit the knot, that euer shall remaine.
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