The amorose songes, sonets, and elegies: of M. Alexander Craige, Scoto-Britane

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The amorose songes, sonets, and elegies: of M. Alexander Craige, Scoto-Britane
Author
Craig, Alexander, 1567?-1627.
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Imprinted at London :: By William White,
1606.
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To IDEA.

LAst yeare I drew (faire Dame) by very chance, Thy Noble name amongst a number moe: Glad was my soule to see the weirds aduance The happy hazard of my fortune so: And proud thereof, vpon my pate I plac'd thee, With anagram's and Sonets sweet I grac'd thee.
But now (wise Dame) behold a wonder strange, Which both I wish thee to beleeue and heare: (I am so loath where once I choose, to change) That in my heart thou harbours all this yeare: Then from a Hat I drew thee err I saw thee, Now from my hart it is my doome to draw thee.
Why should I hazard what I haue so sure, Or scrape thy name into a scuruie Scrowle? O thou art writ in blood's characters pure, Within the center of my louesick soule: Let others try a fortune blind and beare thee, Both on my head & in my heart I'le weare thee.
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