Her Face / Arthur Gorges

Her Face
Her face         Her tongue       Her wit so fair            so sweet          so sharp first bent        then drew         then hit mine eye        mine ear          my heart

Mine eye        Mine ear          My heart to like            to learn            to love her face         her tongue       her wit doth lead        doth teach       doth move

Her face         Her tongue       Her wit with beams     with sound       with art doth blind      doth charm       doth knit mine eye        mine ear          my heart

Mine eye        Mine ear          My heart with life         with hope         with skill her face        her tongue       her wit doth feed      doth feast         doth fill

O face           O tongue          O wit with frowns     with checks      with smart wrong not      vex not            wound not mine eye        mine ear          my heart

This eye        This ear            This heart shall joy        shall yield          shall swear her face         her tongue         her wit to serve         to trust             to fear.