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Unstable
dream, according to the place,
Be steadfast once, or
else at least be true.
By tasted sweetness make me
not to rue
The sudden loss of thy false feignèd
grace.
By good respect in such a dangerous case
Thou broughtest not her into this tossing mew
But
madest my sprite live, my care to renew,
My body in
tempest her succour to embrace.
The body dead, the
sprite had his desire,
Painless was th'one, th'other
in delight.
Why then, alas, did it not keep it right,
Returning, to leap into the fire?
And where it was at
wish, it could not remain,
Such mocks of dreams they
turn to deadly pain.
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