Versos English Stephen Hawes Amoure

English poem

Amoure

by (1474–1523)

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Alas! madame, ye may say as ye liste, With your beaute ye toke mine hert in snare; Your lovely lokes I coude not resyst, Your vertuous maner encreaseth my care, That of all joye I am devoyde and bare. I se you ryght often when I am aslepe, And whan I wake do sygh with teres depe.