And still I wish, Aeneas would but stay,
Aeneas I do think on night and day.
He careless of my love, and gifts doth seem,
Had I been wise, I had not car'd for him.
Yet I cannot hate Aeneas, although he
Doth plot some unkind dealing against me.
Of thy unfaithfulness I do complain,
Having complain'd, I love thee more again.
Spare me, O Venus, since thou art his mother;
Help me, O Cupid, since thou art his brother;
Soften his heart, that he may milder prove,
And be a souldier in the tents of love.
And since to love him I think it no shame,
O may he love me with a mutual flame!
Thou art some false Aeneas I do find,
Thou do'st not bear thy mothers gentle mind.
Stones, Rocks, and Oakes are hard like to thy brest,
More merciless than any salvage beast,
Or than the seas, which winds do now incense,
Yet with contrary winds thou wouldest go hence:
Winter to stay thy journey hence assayes,
Look how the Eastern winds the waves do raise!
Then to the winds let me beholding be,
Though for thy stay, I had rather owe to thee.
But I see rugged seas, and blustring wind
More just and gentle are, than thy false mind,
To untimely death I would not have thee come,
(Although deserv'd) while thou from mē dost run.
Is thy life so cheap, or hatred such at most,
That thou wilt leave me, though thy life it cost?
The winds, and waves, their fury will appease,
When Tri••on drives his blew steeds o're the seas.
Would thy affections would change with the wind!
They will, if thou bear'st not a cruel mind.