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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The louer hauing dreamed enioying of his loue, complaineth that the dreame is not either longer or truer.
VNstable dreame according to the place,
Be stedfast ones, or els at least be true.
By tasted swetenesse, make me not to rew
The soden losse of thy false fained grace.
By good respect in such a daungerous case
Thou broughtest not her into these tossing seas,
But madest my sprite to liue my care tencrease,
My body in tempest her delight timbrace,
The body dead, the sprite had his desire.
Painlesse was thone, the other in delight.
Why then alas did it not kepe it right,
But thus returne to leape into the fire:
And where it was at wish, could not remaine?
Such mockes of dreames do turne to deadly pain••.