English poem
As, love, the lily and purpureal rose
by Garcilaso de la Vega (1503–1536)
As, love, the lily and purpureal rose Show their sweet colours on thy chaste warm cheek, Thy radiant looks, angelically meek, Serene the tempest to divine repose, And as thy hair, which for its birthright chose The opal's dye, upon the whitest neck Waved by the winds of heaven without a check, In exquisite disorder falls and flows; Gather the rich fruit of thy mirthful spring, Ere angry Time around thy temples shed The snows of hasting age; his icy wing Will wither the fresh rose, however red; And changing not his custom, quickly change The glory of all objects in his range.