¶A Palinode.
AS withereth the Primrose by the riuer,
As fadeth Summers-Sunne from gliding fountaines;
As vanisheth the light blowne bubble euer,
As melteth Snow vpon the mossie Mountaines.
So melts, so vanisheth, so fades, so withers,
The Rose, the shine, the bubble and the snow
Of praise, pompe, glory, ioy (which short life gathers,)
Faire praise, vaine pompe, sweet glory, brittle ioy.
The withered Primrose by the mourning riuer,
The faded Summers-sunne from weeping fountaines:
The light-blowne bubble, vanished for euer,
The molten snow vpon the naked mountaines.
Are Emblems that the treasures we vp-lay,
Soone wither, vanish, fade, and melt away.
For as the snow, whose lawne did ouer-spread
Th'ambitious hils, which Giant-like did threat