Sir Walter Raleigh

So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth.

So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth.

But in vain she did conjure him,
To depart her presence so,
Having a thousand tongues t' read more

But in vain she did conjure him,
To depart her presence so,
Having a thousand tongues t' allure him
And but one to bid him go.
When lips invite,
And eyes delight,
And cheeks as fresh as rose in June,
Persuade delay,--
What boots to say
Forego me now, come to me soon.

No mortal thing can bear so high a price,
But that with mortal thing it may be bought.

No mortal thing can bear so high a price,
But that with mortal thing it may be bought.

Fain would I but dare not; I dare, and yet I may not;
I may, although I care not read more

Fain would I but dare not; I dare, and yet I may not;
I may, although I care not for pleasure when I play not.

If she seem not chaste to me,
What care I how chaste she be?

If she seem not chaste to me,
What care I how chaste she be?