Songes and sonettes, written by the right honorable Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other

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Title: Songes and sonettes, written by the right honorable Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other
Publication: [London] :: Apud Richardum Tottel. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum,; 1557.
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why loue is blind.
OF purpose, loue chose first for to be blinde:
For, he with sight of that, that I beholde,
Uanquisht had been, against all godly kinde.
His bow your hand, and trusse should haue vnfolde.
And he with me to serue had bene assinde.
But, for he blinde, and recklesse would him holde:
And still, by chance, his dedly strokes bestowe:
With such, as see, I serue, and suffer wo.