Have I caught my heavenly jewel?

1. Have I caught my heavenly jewel
Teaching sleep most fair to be?
‖: Now will I :‖ teach her that she,
When she wakes, is too too cruel.

2. Since sweet sleep her eyes hath charmèd,
The two only darts of Love,
‖: Now will I :‖ with that boy prove
Some play, while he is disarmèd.

3. Her tongue waking still refuseth,
Giving frankly niggard ‘no’;
‖: Now will I :‖ attempt to know
What ‘no’ her tongue sleeping useth.

4. See, the hand which, waking, guardeth,
Sleeping, grants a free resort;
‖: Now will I :‖ invade the fort;
Cowards Love with loss rewardeth.

5. But, O fool, think of the danger
Of her just and high disdain;
‖: Now will I, :‖ alas, refrain;
Love fears nothing else but anger.

6. Yet those lips so sweetly swelling
Do invite a stealing kiss:
‖: Now will I :‖ but venture this;
Who will read, must first learn spelling.

7. O sweet kiss – but ah, she is waking,
Louring beauty chastens me;
‖: Now will I :‖ away hence flee;
Fool, more fool, for no more taking.

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