It set but spurs unto his zeal: His short-lived might sank with the light; Black turned the red-hot day; He scarce could drag to Anselm's lair His heavy limbs away. He heard a sound; he felt a light; A radiance brighter than the sun, "Tis a God-granted boon, SONGS. MASQUE OF PLEASURE AND VIRTUE. SONG I. COME on, come on, and where you go Which lines are pleasure, and which not: First figure out the doubtful way At which awhile the youth should stay Where she and Virtue did contend Which should have Hercules to friend. Then as all actions of mankind Admire the wisdom of your feet: SONG II. O more and more, this was so well Or color can disclose: That, if those silent arts were lost, Design and Picture, they might boast From you a newer ground Instructed by the heightening sense Of dignity and reverence In their true motions found. 28 Begin, begin; for look, the pair Just to the tune you move your limbs, SONG III. It follows now you are to prove The subtlest maze of all, that's Love, And, if you stay too long, The fair will think you do them wrong. Go choose among them, with a mind Grace, laughter, and discourse And yet the beauty not go less: Will you that I give the law SONG. BEN JONSON. SHAKE off your heavy trance, To play to, for the moon to lead, O blessed youth! for Jove doth pause, 433 |