Henry Constable - Of the Sudden Surprising of His Heart, and How Unawares He Was Caught lyrics

Delight in your bright eyes my d**h did breed As light and glittering weapons babes allure To play with fire and sword and so procure Them to be burnt and hurt ere they take heed. Thy beauty so hath made me burn and bleed Yet shall my ashes and my blood a**ure Thy beauty's fame forever to endure For thy fame's life from my d**h doth proceed. Because my heart to ashes burnèd giveth Life to thy fame thou right a Phoenix art And like a Pelican thy beauty liveth By s**ing blood out of my breast and heart. Loe why with wonder we may thee compare Unto the Pelican and Phoenix rare.