The God of love

1. The God of love
That sits above
‖: And knows me :‖
How sorrowful I do sėrve*,
Grant my request
That at the le͝ast
‖: She show me :‖
Some pitȳ when I desėrve.

That everȳ brawl may turn to bliss,
To joy with all that joyful is,
Do this my dear and bind me
For e’er and e’er your own,
And as you here do find me,
So let your love be shown:
For till I hear this unitȳ,
I languish in extremitȳ.

2. As yet I hāve
A soul to save
‖: Uprightlȳ; :‖
Though troubled with despair,
I cannot find
To set my mind
‖: So lightlȳ :‖
As die before you be there.

But since I must needs you provoke,
Some slake the thirst, stand by the stroke.
That when my heart is tainted
The sorrowful sighs may tell
You might have been acquainted
With ōne that lovèd you well:
None have I told the jeopardȳ
That none but you can remedȳ.

3. Those cursed eyes
That were the spies
‖: To find ye :‖
Are blubbered now with tears:
And eke the head
That fancȳ led
‖: To mind ye :‖
Is fraught with deadlȳ fears.

And everȳ part from top to toe
Compelleth the heart to bleed for woe.
Alas, let pitȳ mọve you
Some remedȳ soon to send me,
And knowing how well to love you,
Your self vouchsafe to lend me:
I will not boast the victorȳ,
But yield me to your courtesȳ.

4. I read of old
What hath been told
‖: Full trulȳ :‖
Of ladi͞es long ago,
Whose pitiful hearts
Have played their parts
‖: As dulȳ :‖
As ever good will could show.

And you therefore that know my case,
Refuse me not but grant me grace
That I may say and hold me nigh
To ōne triumph and truth,
Even as it has been told me,
So my good ladȳ do’th:
So shạll you win the victorȳ,
With honour for your courtesȳ.

5. With courtesȳ now,
So bend, so bow,
‖: To speed me :‖
As answereth my desi͞re;
As I will be
If ever I see
‖: You need me :‖
As readȳ when you requi͞re.

Unwȯrthȳ though to come so nigh
That passing show that feeds mine eye,
Yet shạll I die without it,
If pitȳ be not in you;
But sure I do not doubt it
Nor anything you can do,
To whom I do commit, and shạll,
My self to wȯrk your will, withal.