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 As here with thee on earth I lived, even so equal Methinks it were, with thee in heaven I did abide: And as our troubles all, we here on earth did part; So reason would that there, of thy most happy state I had my share. Alas, if thou my trusty guide Were wont to be: how canst thou leave me thus alone In darkness and astray; weak, weary, desolate, Plunged in a world of woe—refusing for to take Me with thee, to the place of rest where thou art gone?" This said, she held her peace, for sorrow tied her tongue: And instead of more words, seemed that her eyes a lake Of tears had been, they flowed so plenteously therefrom: And with her sobs and sighs th'air round about her rung.

MATTHEW ROYDON gives this further representation—

Then being filled with learned dew, The Muses willèd him to love: That instrument can aptly show, How finely our conceits will move. As BACCHUS opes dissembled hearts, So LOVE sets out our better parts."

"STELLA, a nymph within this wood, Most rare, and rich of heavenly bliss; The highest in his fancy stood, And she could well demerit this.   'Tis likely, they acquainted soon:    He was a sun, and she a moon."

"Our ASTROPHIL did STELLA love. O STELLA! vaunt of ASTROPHIL! Albeit thy graces gods may move; Where wilt thou find an ASTROPHIL?   The rose and lily have their prime;     And so hath beauty but a time,"