Michael Drayton (Майкл Дрейтон)

Sonnet 59. As Love and I

As Love and I, late harbor'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain:
"In Love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quoth he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labor is light where Love," quoth I, "doth pay";
Saith he, "Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the bye away";
"You have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
    And having thus awhile each other thwarted, 
    Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.

1. Sonnet 9. As Other Men
2. Sonnet 22. With Fools and Children
3. Sonnet 30. Those Priests which First the Vestal Fire Begun
4. Sonnet 26. I Ever Love
5. Sonnet 4. Bright Star of Beauty

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