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And who cannot abuse a body dead��
By this�察�mild patience bid fair Lucrece speak
To the poor counterfeit of her complaining。
'My girl��' quoth she�察�'on what occasion break
Those tears from thee that down thy cheeks are raining��
If thou dost weep for grief of my sustaining��
Know�察�gentle wench�察�it small avails my mood��
If tears could help�察�mine own would do me good。
'But tell me�察�girl�察�when went'´and there she stayed
Till after a deep groan´'Tarquin from hence��'
'Madam�察�ere I was up��' replied the maid��
'The more to blame my sluggard negligence。
Yet with the fault I thus far can dispense��
Myself was stirring ere the break of day��
And ere I rose was Tarquin gone away。
'But�察�lady�察�if your maid may be so bold��
She would request to know your heaviness。'
'O�察�peace��' quoth Lucrece�此�'if it should be told��
The repetition cannot make it less��
For more it is than I can well express��
And that deep torture may be called a hell
When more is felt than one hath power to tell。
'Go�察�get me hither paper�察�ink and pen��
Yet save that labour�察�for I have them here。
What should I say�拭�One of my husband's men
Bid thou be ready by and by to bear
A letter to my lord�察�my love�察�my dear。
Bid him with speed prepare to carry it��
The cause craves haste and it will soon be writ。'
Her maid is gone�察�and she prepares to write��
First hovering o'er the paper with her quill。
Conceit and grief an eager combat fight��
What wit sets down is blotted straight with will��
This is too curious´good�察�this blunt and ill��
Much like a press of people at a door��
Throng her inventions�察�which shall go before。
At last she thus begins�此�'Thou worthy lord
Of that unworthy wife that greeteth thee��
Health to thy person� �next vouchsafe t'afford´
If ever�察�love�察�thy Lucrece thou wilt see´
Some present speed to come and visit me。
So I commend me�察�from our house in grief��
My woes are tedious�察�though my words are brief。'
Here folds she up the tenor of her woe��
Her certain sorrow writ uncertainly。
By this short schedule Collatine may know
Her grief�察�but not her grief's true quality��
She dares not thereof make discovery��
Lest he should hold it her own gross abuse��
Ere she with blood had stained her stained excuse。
Besides�察�the life and feeling of her passion
She hoards�察�to spend when he is by to hear her��
When sighs and groans and tears may grace the fashion
Of her disgrace�察�the better so to clear her
From that suspicion which the world might bear her。
To shun this blot�察�she would not blot the letter
With words�察�till action might become them better。
To see sad sights moves more than hear them told��
For then the eye interprets to the car
The heavy motion that it doth behold��
When every part a part of woe doth bear。
'Tis but a part of sorrow that we hear��
Deep sounds make lesser noise than shallow fords��
And sorrow ebbs�察�being blown with wind of words。
Her letter now is sealed and on it writ
'At Ardea to my lord with more than haste。'
The post attends�察�and she delivers it��
Charging the sour´faced groom to hie as fast
As lagging fowls before the northern blast。
Speed more than speed but dull and slow she deems��
Extremity still urgeth such extremes。
The homely villain curtsies to her low��
And blushing on her�察�with a steadfast eye
Receives the scroll without or yea or no��
And forth with bashful innocence doth hie。
But they whose guilt within their bosoms lie
Imagine every eye beholds their blame��
For Lucrece thought he blushed to see her shame��
When�察�silly groom�察�God wot�察�it was defect
Of spirit�察�life and bold audacity。
Such harmless creatures have a true respect
To talk in deeds�察�while others saucily
Promise more speed but do it leisurely。
Even so this pattern of the worn´out age
Pawned honest looks�察�but laid no words to gage。
His kindled duty kindled her mistrust��
That two red fires in both their faces blazed��
She thought he blushed�察�as knowing Tarquin's lust��
And blushing with him�察�wistly on him gazed��
Her earnest eye did make him more amazed��
The more she saw the blood his cheeks replenish��
The more she thought he spied in her some blemish。
But long she thinks till he return again��
And yet the duteous vassal scarce is gone。
The weary time she cannot entertain��
For now 'tis stale to sigh�察�to weep and groan��
So woe hath wearied woe�察�moan tired moan��
That she her plaints a little while doth stay��
Pausing for means to mourn some newer way。
At last she calls to mind where hangs a piece
Of skilful painting�察�made for Priam's Troy��
Before the which is drawn the power of Greece��
For Helen's rape the city to destroy��
Threat'ning cloud´kissing Ilion with annoy��
Which the conceited painter drew so proud
As heaven�察�it seemed�察�to kiss the turrets bowed。
A thousand lamentable objects there��
In scorn of nature�察�art gave lifeless life��
Many a dry drop seemed a weeping tear��
Shed for the slaught'red husband by the wife��
The red blood reeked�察�to show the painter's strife��
And dying eyes gleamed forth their ashy lights��
Like dying coals burnt out in tedious nights。
There might you see the labouring pioneer
Begrimed with sweat and smeared all with dust��
And from the towers of Troy there would appear
The very eyes of men through loop´holes thrust��
Gazing upon the Greeks with little lust。
Such sweet observance in this work was had
That one might see those far´off eyes look sad。
In great commanders grace and majesty
You might behold�察�triumphing in their faces��
In youth�察�quick bearing and dexterity��
And here and there the painter interlaces
Pale cowards marching on with trembling paces��
Which heartless peasants did so well resemble
That one would swear he saw them quake and tremble。
In Ajax and Ulysses�察�O what art
Of physiognomy might one behold��
The face of either ciphered either's heart��
Their face their manners most expressly told��
In Ajax's eyes blunt rage and rigour rolled��
But the mild glance that sly Ulysses lent
Showed deep regard and smiling government。
There pleading might you see grave Nestor stand��
As 'twere encouraging the Greeks to fight��
Making such sober action with his hand
That it beguiled attention�察�charmed the sight。
In speech�察�it seemed�察�his beard all silver white
Wagged up and down�察�and from his lips did fly
Thin winding breath which purled up to the sky。
About him were a press of gaping fades��
Which seemed to swallow up his sound advice��
All jointly list'ning�察�but with several graces��
As if some mermaid did their ears entice��
Some high�察�some low�察�the painter was so nice��
The scalps of many�察�almost hid behind��
To jump up higher seemed�察�to mock the mind。
Here one man's hand leaned on another's head��
His nose being shadowed by his neighbour's ear��
Here one being thronged bears back�察�all boll'n and red��
Another smothered seems to pelt and swear��
And in their rage such signs�察�of rage of rage they bear
As�察�but for loss of Nestor's golden words��
It seemed they would debate with angry swords。
For much imaginary work was there��
Conceit deceitful�察�so compact�察�so kind��
That for Achilles' image stood his spear
Griped in an armed hand�察�himself behind
Was left unseen�察�save to the eye of mind��
A hand�察�a foot�察�a face�察�a leg�察�a head��
Stood for the whole to be imagined。
And from the walls of strong´besieged Troy
When their brave hope�察�bold Hector�察�marched to field��
Stood many Trojan mothers sharing joy
To see their youthful sons bright weapons wield��
And to their hope they such odd action yield
That through their light joy seemed to appear��
Like bright things stained�察�a kind of heavy fear。
And from the strand of Dardan where they fought
To Simois' reedy banks the red blood ran��
Whose waves to imitate the battle sought
With swelling ridges�察�and their ranks began
To break upon the galled shore�察�and than
Retire again�察�till meeting greater ranks
They join and shoot their foam at Simois' banks。
To this well´painted piece is Lucrece come��
To find a face where all distress is stelled。
Many she sees where cares have carved some��
But none where all distress and dolour dwelled��
Till she despairing Hecuba beheld��
Staring on Priam's wounds with her old eyes��
Which bleeding under Pyrrhus' proud foot lies。
In her the painter had anatomized
Time's ruin�察�beauty's wrack�察�and grim care's reign��
Her cheeks with chaps and wrinkles were disguised��
Of what she was no semblance did remain��
Her blue blood changed to black in every vein��
Wanting the spring that those shrunk pipes had fed��
Showed life imprisoned in a body dead。
On this sad shadow Lucrece spends
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