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      Whose crooked beak threats if he mount he dies。

      So under his insulting falchion lies

        Harmless Lucretia�察�marking what he tells

        With trembling fear�察�as fowl hear falcons' bells。



      'Lucrece��' quoth he�察�'this night I must enjoy thee。

      If thou deny�察�then force must work my way��

      For in thy bed I purpose to destroy thee��

      That done�察�some worthless slave of thine I'll slay��

      To kill thine honour with thy life's decay��

        And in thy dead arms do I mean to place him��

        Swearing I slew him�察�seeing thee embrace him。



      'So thy surviving husband shall remain

      The scornful mark of every open eye��

      Thy kinsmen hang their heads at this disdain��

      Thy issue blurred with nameless bastardy��

      And thou�察�the author of their obloquy��

        Shalt have thy trespass cited up in rhymes

        And sung by children in succeeding times。



      'But if thou yield�察�I rest thy secret friend��

      The fault unknown is as a thought unacted��

      ;A little harm done to a great good end

      For lawful policy remains enacted。

      ;The poisonous simple sometime is compacted

        In a pure compound�察�being so applied��

        His venom in effect is purified。



      'Then�察�for thy husband and thy children's sake��

      Tender my suit�察�bequeath not to their lot

      The shame that from them no device can take��

      The blemish that will never be forgot��

      Worse than a slavish wipe or birth´hour's blot��

        For marks descried in men's nativity

        Are nature's faults�察�not their own infamy。'



      Here with a cockatrice' dead´killing eye

      He rouseth up himself�察�and makes a pause��

      While she�察�the picture of pure piety��

      Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws��

      Pleads in a wilderness where are no laws

        To the rough beast that knows no gentle right��

        Nor aught obeys but his foul appetite。



      But when a black´faced cloud the world doth threat��

      In his dim mist th' aspiring mountains hiding��

      From earth's dark womb some gentle gust doth get��

      Which blows these pitchy vapours from their biding��

      Hind'ring their present fall by this dividing��

        So his unhallowed haste her words delays��

        And moody Pluto winks while Orpheus plays。



      Yet�察�foul night´waking cat�察�he doth but dally��

      While in his hold´fast foot the weak mouse panteth��

      Her sad behaviour feeds his vulture folly��

      A swallowing gulf that even in plenty wanteth��

      His ear her prayers admits�察�but his heart granteth

        No penetrable entrance to her plaining。

        ;Tears harden lust�察�though marble wear with raining。



      Her pity´pleading eyes are sadly fixed

      In the remorseless wrinkles of his face��

      Her modest eloquence with sighs is mixed��

      Which to her oratory adds more grace。

      She puts the period often from his place��

        And midst the sentence so her accent breaks

        That twice she doth begin ere once she speaks。



      She conjures him by high almighty Jove��

      By knighthood�察�gentry�察�and sweet friendship's oath��

      By her untimely tears�察�her husband's love��

      By holy human law and common troth��

      By heaven and earth�察�and all the power of both��

        That to his borrowed bed he make retire��

        And stoop to honour�察�not to foul desire。



      Quoth she�此�'Reward not hospitality

      With such black payment as thou hast pretended��

      Mud not the fountain that gave drink to thee��

      Mar not the thing that cannot be amended��

      End thy ill aim before thy shoot be ended。

        He is no woodman that doth bend his bow

        To strike a poor unseasonable doe。



      'My husband is thy friend´for his sake spare me��

      Thyself art mighty´for thine own sake leave me��

      Myself a weakling´do not then ensnare me��

      Thou look'st not like deceit´do not deceive me。

      My sighs like whirlwinds labour hence to heave thee。

        If ever man were moved with woman's moans��

        Be moved with my tears�察�my sighs�察�my groans��



      'All which together�察�like a troubled ocean��

      Beat at thy rocky and wrack´threat'ning heart��

      To soften it with their continual motion��

      For stones dissolved to water do convert。

      O�察�if no harder than a stone thou art��

        Melt at my tears�察�and be compassionate��

        Soft pity enters at an iron gate。



      'In Tarquin's likeness I did entertain thee��

      Hast thou put on his shape to do him shame��

      To all the host of heaven I complain me

      Thou wrong'st his honour�察�wound'st his princely name。

      Thou art not what thou seem'st�察�and if the same��

        Thou seem'st not what thou art�察�a god�察�a king��

        For kings�察�like gods should govern every thing。



      'How will thy shame be seeded in thine age��

      When thus thy vices bud before thy spring��

      If in thy hope thou dar'st do such outrage��

      What dar'st thou not when once thou art a king��

      O�察�be rememb'red�察�no outrageous thing

        From vassal actors can be wiped away��

        Then kings' misdeeds cannot be hid in clay。



      'This deed will make thee only loved for fear��

      But happy monarchs still are feared for love��

      With foul offenders thou perforce must bear��

      When they in thee the like offences prove。

      If but for fear of this�察�thy will remove��

        For princes are the glass�察�the school�察�the book��

        Where subjects' eyes do learn�察�do read�察�do look。



      'And wilt thou be the school where Lust shall learn��

      Must he in thee read lectures of such shame��

      Wilt thou be glass wherein it shall discern

      Authority for sin�察�warrant for blame��

      To privilege dishonour in thy name��

        Thou back'st reproach against long´living laud��

        And mak'st fair�察�reputation but a bawd。



      'Hast thou command�拭�by him that gave it thee��

      From a pure heart command thy rebel will��

      Draw not thy sword to guard iniquity��

      For it was lent thee all that brood to kill。

      Thy princely office how canst thou fulfill��

        When patterned by thy fault foul sin may say

        He learned to sin�察�and thou didst teach the way��



      'Think but how vile a spectacle it were

      To view thy present trespass in another。

      Men's faults do seldom to themselves appear��

      Their own transgressions partially they smother��

      This guilt would seem death´worthy in thy brother。

        O�察�how are they wrapped in with infamies

        That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes��



      'To thee�察�to thee�察�my heaved´up hands�察�appeal��

      Not to seducing lust�察�thy rash relier��

      I sue for exiled majesty's repeal��

      Let him return�察�and flatt'ring thoughts retire。

      His true respect will prison false desire��

        And wipe the dim mist from thy doting eyne��

        That thou shalt see thy state and pity mine。'



      'Have done�察�quoth he�察�'my uncontrolled tide

      Turns not�察�but swells the higher by this let。

      Small lights are soon blown out�察�huge fires abide��

      And with the wind in greater fury fret。

      The petty streams that pay a daily debt

        To their salt sovereign�察�with their fresh falls' haste

        Add to his flow�察�but alter not his taste。'



      'Thou art'�察�quoth she�察�'a sea�察�a sovereign king��

      And�察�lo�察�there falls into thy boundless flood

      Black lust�察�dishonour�察�shame�察�misgoverning��

      Who seek to stain the ocean of thy blood。

      If all these petty ills shall change thy good��

        Thy sea within a puddle's womb is hearsed��

        And not the puddle in thy sea dispersed。



      'So shall these slaves be king�察�and thou their slave��

      Thou nobly base�察�they basely dignified��

      Thou their fair life�察�and they thy fouler grave��

      Thou loathed in their shame�察�they in thy pride。

      The lesser thing should not the greater hide��

        The cedar stoops not to the base shrub's foot��

        But low shrubs wither at the cedar's root。



      'So let thy thoughts�察�low vassals to thy state´

      ;No more��' quoth he�察�'by heaven�察�I will not hear thee。

      Yield to my love�察�if not�察�enforced hate��

      Instead of love's coy touch�察�shall rudely tear thee��

      That done�察�despitefully I mean to bear thee

        Unto the base bed of some rescal groom��

        To be thy partner in this shameful doom。'



      This said�察�he sets his foot upon the light��

      For light and lust are deadly enemies��

      Shame folded up in blind concealing night��

      When most unseen�察�then most doth tyrannize。

      The wolf hath seized his prey�察�the poor lamb cries��

        Till with her own white fleece her voice controlled

        Entombs her outcry in her lips' sweet fold��



      For with the nightly linen that she wears

      He pens her piteous clamours in her head��

      Cooling his hot face in the chastest tears

      That ever modest eyes with sorrow shed。

      O�察�that prone lust should stain so pure a bed��

        The spots whereof could weeping purify��

        Her tears should drop on them perpetually。



      But she hath lost a dearer thing than life��

      And he hath won what he would lose again。

      This forced league doth force a further strife��

      This momentary joy breeds months of pain��

      This hot desire converts to cold disdain��

        Pure Chastity is rifled of her store��

        And Lust�察�the thief�察�far poorer than before。



      Look as the full´fed hound or gorged hawk��

      Unapt for tender smell or speedy flight��

      Make slow pursuit�察�or altogether balk

      The prey wherein by nature they delight��

      So surfeit´taking Tarquin fares this
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