Love
In crystal towers and turrets richly set
From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1891)
In crystal towers and turrets richly set
With glitt'ring gems that shine against the sun,
In regal rooms of jasper and of jet,
Content of mind not always likes to won;
But oftentimes it pleaseth her to stay
In simple cotes enclosed with walls of clay.
Codex Note
From William Byrd's Psalms, Songs, and Sonnets, 1611.
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