A solemne toie

IF that loue had beene a king,
He would haue commanded beauty:
But, hee is a silly thing,
That hath sworne to doe her duety.

If that loue had beene a God,
He had then bene full of grace:
But, how grace and loue are odde,
Tis too plaine a pitious case.

No: loue is an idle ieast,
That hath only made a woord
Like vnto a Cuckoes neast,
That hath neuer hatcht a bird.

Then, from nothing to conceiue
That may any substance bee;
Yet so many doth deceiue,
Lord of heauen deliuer mee.