Classic Poem

UPON HER PROTESTATION OF KIND AFFECTION, HAVING TRIED HIS SINCERE FIDELITY .

I.

Lady, you are with beauties so enriched
Of body and of mind,
As I can hardly find,
Which of them all hath most my heart bewitched.

II.

Whether your skin so white, so smooth, so tender,
Or face well formed and fair,
Or heart-ensnaring hair,
Or dainty hand, or leg and foot so slender.

III.

Or whether your sharp wit and lively spirit,
Where pride can find no place:
Or your enchanting grace,
Or speech, which doth true eloquence inherit.

IV.

Most lovely all, and each of them do move me,
More than words can express;
But yet I must confess,
I love you most, because you please to love me.