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As one of which doth Tarquin lie revolving
The sundry dangers of his will's obtaining��
Yet ever to obtain his will resolving��
Though weak´built hopes persuade him to abstaining��
Despair to gain doth traffic oft for gaining��
And when great treasure is the meed proposed��
Though death be adjunct�察�there's no death supposed。
Those that much covet are with gain' so fond
That what they have not�察�that which they possess��
They scatter and unloose it from their bond��
And so�察�by hoping more�察�they have but less��
Or�察�gaining more�察�the profit of excess
Is but to surfeit�察�and such griefs sustain
That they prove bankrupt in this poor´rich gain。
The aim of all is but to nurse the life
With honour�察�wealth and case�察�in waning age��
And in this aim there is such thwarting strife
That one for all or all for one we gage��
As life for honour in fell battle's rage��
Honour for wealth�察�and oft that wealth doth cost
The death of all�察�and all together lost。
So that in vent'ring ill we leave to be
The things we are for that which we expect��
And this ambitious foul infirmity��
In having much�察�torments us with defect
Of that we have�察�so then we do neglect
The thing we have�察�and�察�all for want of wit��
Make something nothing by augmenting it。
Such hazard now must doting Tarquin make��
Pawning his honour to obtain his lust��
And for himself himself must forsake��
Then where is truth�察�if there be no self´trust��
When shall he think to find a stranger just
When he himself himself confounds�察�betrays
To sland'rous tongues and wretched hateful days��
Now stole upon the time the dead of night��
When heavy sleep had closed up mortal eyes��
No comfortable star did lend his light��
No noise but owls' and wolves' death´boding cries��
Now serves the season that they may surprise
The silly lambs。 Pure thoughts are dead and still��
While lust and murder wakes to stain and kill。
And now this lustful lord�察�leaped from his bed��
Throwing his mantle rudely o'er his arm��
Is madly tossed between desire and dread��
Th' one sweetly flatters�察�th' other feareth harm��
But honest fear�察�bewitched with lust's foul charm��
Doth too too oft betake him to retire��
Beaten away by brain´sick rude desire。
His falchion on a flint he softly smiteth��
That from the cold stone sparks of fire do fly��
Whereat a waxen torch forthwith he lighteth��
Which must be lode´star to his lustful eye��
And to the flame thus speaks advisedly��
'As from this cold flint I enforced this fire��
So Lucrece must I force to my desire。'
Here pale with fear he doth premeditate
The dangers of his loathsome enterprise��
And in his inward mind he doth debate
What following sorrow may on this arise��
Then�察�looking scornfully�察�he doth despise
His naked armour of still´slaughtered lust��
And justly thus controls his thoughts unjust��
'Fair torch�察�burn out thy light�察�and lend it not
To darken her whose light excelleth thine��
And die�察�unhallowed thoughts�察�before you blot
With your uncleanness that which is divine��
Offer pure incense to so pure a shrine��
Let fair humanity abhor the deed
That spots and stains love's modest snow´white weed。
'O shame to knighthood and to shining arms��
O foul dishonour to my household's grave��
O impious act�察�including all foul harms��
A martial man to be soft fancy's slave��
True valour still a true respect should have��
Then my digression is so vile�察�so base��
That it will live engraven in my face。
'Yea�察�though I die�察�the scandal will survive��
And be an eye´sore in my golden coat��
Some loathsome dash the herald will contrive��
To cipher me how fondly I did dote��
That my posterity�察�shamed with the note��
Shall curse my bones�察�and hold it for no sin
To wish that I their father had not been。
'What win I�察�if I gain the thing I seek��
A dream�察�a breath�察�a froth of fleeting joy´
Who buys a minute's mirth to wail a week��
Or sells eternity to get a toy��
For one sweet grape who will the vine destroy��
Or what fond beggar�察�but to touch the crown��
Would with the sceptre straight be strucken down'
'If Collatinus dream of my intent��
Will he not wake�察�and in a desp'rate rage
Post hither�察�this vile purpose to prevent�拭�
This siege that hath engirt his marriage��
This blur to youth��' this sorrow to the sage��
This dying virtue�察�this surviving shame��
Whose crime will bear an ever´during blame。
'O what excuse can my invention make��
When thou shalt charge me with so black a deed��
Will not my tongue be mute�察�my frail joints shake��
Mine eyes forego their light�察�my false heart bleed��
The guilt being great�察�the fear doth still exceed��
And extreme fear can neither fight nor fly��
But coward´like with trembling terror die。
'Had Collatinus killed my son or sire��
Or lain in ambush to betray my life��
Or were he not my dear friend�察�this desire
Might have excuse to work upon his wife��
As in revenge or quittal of such strife��
But as he is my kinsman�察�my dear friend��
The shame and fault finds no excuse nor end。
'Shameful it is´ay�察�if the fact be known��
Hateful it is´there is no hate in loving��
I'll beg her love´but she is not her own��
The worst is but denial and reproving。
My will is strong�察�past reason's weak removing。´
Who fears a sentence or an old man's saw
Shall by a painted cloth be kept in awe。'
Thus graceless holds he disputation
'Tween frozen conscience and hot´burning will��
And with good thoughts makes dispensation��
Urging the worser sense for vantage still��
Which in a moment doth confound and kill
All pure effects�察�and doth so far proceed
That what is vile shows like a virtuous deed。
Quoth he�察�'She took me kindly by the hand��
And gazed for tidings in my eager eyes��
Fearing some hard news from the warlike band
Where her beloved Collatinus lies。
O how her fear did make her colour rise��
First red as roses that on lawn we lay��
Then white as lawn�察�the roses took away。
'And how her hand�察�in my hand being locked��
Forced it to tremble with her loyal fear��
Which struck her sad�察�and then it faster rocked
Until her husband's welfare she did hear��
Whereat she smiled with so sweet a cheer
That had Narcissus seen her as she stood
Self´love had never drowned him in the flood。
'Why hunt I then for colour or excuses��
All orators are dumb when beauty pleadeth��
Poor wretches have remorse in poor abuses��
Love thrives not in the heart that shadows dreadeth��
Affection is my captain�察�and he leadeth��
And when his gaudy banner is displayed��
The coward fights and will not be dismayed。
'Then childish fear avaunt� �debating die��
Respect and reason wait on wrinkled age��
My heart shall never countermand mine eye��
Sad pause and deep regard beseems the sage��
My part is youth�察�and beats these from the stage��
Desire my pilot is�察�beauty my prize��
Then who fears sinking where such treasure lies��'
As corn o'ergrown by weeds�察�so heedful fear
Is almost choked by unresisted lust。
Away he steals with open list'ning car��
Full of foul hope and full of fond mistrust��
Both which�察�as servitors to the unjust��
So cross him with their opposite persuasion
That now he vows a league and now invasion。
Within his thought her heavenly image sits��
And in the selfsame seat sits Collatine。
That eye which looks on her confounds his wits��
That eye which him beholds�察�as more divine��
Unto a view so false will not incline��
But with a pure appeal seeks to the heart��
Which once corrupted takes the worser part��
And therein heartens up his servile powers��
Who�察�flatt'red by their leader's jocund show��
Stuff up his lust�察�as minutes fill up hours��
And as their captain�察�so their pride doth grow��
Paying more slavish tribute than they owe。
By reprobate desire thus madly led��
The Roman lord marcheth to Lucrece' bed。
The locks between her chamber and his will��
Each one by him enforced�察�retires his ward��
But�察�as they open�察�they all rate his ill��
Which drives the creeping thief to some regard。
The threshold grates the door to have him heard��
Night´wand'ring weasels shriek to see him there��
They fright him�察�yet he still pursues his fear。
As each unwilling portal yields him way��
Through little vents and crannies of the place
The wind wars with his torch to make him stay��
And blows the smoke of it into his face��
Extinguishing his conduct in this case��
But his hot heart�察�which fond desire doth scorch��
Puffs forth another wind that fires the torch��
And being lighted�察�by the light he spies
Lucretia's glove�察�wherein her needle sticks��
He takes it from the rushes where it lies��
And griping it�察�the needle his finger pricks��
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