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1593
VENUS AND ADONIS
by William Shakespeare
Vilia miretur vulgus�察�mihi flavus Apollo
Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua
TO THE
RIGHT HONOURABLE
HENRY WRIOTHESLEY��
EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON�察�AND BARON
OF TITCHFIELD
Right Honourable��
I know not how I shall offend in dedicating my unpolished lines to
your lordship�察�nor how the world will censure me for choosing so
strong a prop to support so weak a burden�此�only�察�if your honour seem
but pleased�察�I account my self highly praised�察�and vow to take
advantage of all idle hours�察�till I have honoured you with some graver
labour。 But if the first heir of my invention prove deformed�察�I
shall be sorry it had so noble a godfather�察�and never after ear so
barren a land�察�for fear it yield me still so bad a harvest。 I leave it
to your honourable survey�察�and your honour to your heart's content��
which I wish may always answer your own wish�察�and the world's
hopeful expectations。
Your honour's in all duty��
William Shakespeare
Even as the sun with purple´coloured face
Had ta'en his last leave of the weeping morn��
Rose´cheeked Adonis hied him to the chase��
Hunting he loved�察�but love he laughed to scorn。
Sick´thoughted Venus makes amain unto him��
And like a bold´faced suitor 'gins to woo him。
'Thrice fairer than myself��' thus she began��
'The field's chief flower�察�sweet above compare��
Stain to all nymphs�察�more lovely than a man��
More white and red than doves or roses are��
Nature that made thee with herself at strife
Saith that the world hath ending with thy life。
'Vouchsafe�察�thou wonder�察�to alight thy steed��
And rein his proud head to the saddle´bow��
If thou wilt deign this favour�察�for thy meed
A thousand honey secrets shalt thou know。
Here come and sit�察�where never serpent hisses��
And being set�察�I'll smother thee with kisses��
'And yet not cloy thy lips with loathed saiety��
But rather famish them amid their plenty��
Making them red and pale with fresh variety��
Ten kisses short as one�察�one long as twenty。
A summer's day will seem an hour but short��
Being wasted in such time´beguiling sport。'
With this she seizeth on his sweating palm��
The precedent of pith and livelihood��
And�察�trembling in her passion�察�calls it balm��
Earth's sovereign salve to do a goddess good。
Being so enraged�察�desire doth lend her force
Courageously to pluck him from his horse。
Over one arm the lusty courser's rein��
Under her other was the tender boy��
Who blushed and pouted in a dull disdain��
With leaden appetite�察�unapt to toy��
She red and hot as coals of glowing fire��
He red for shame�察�but frosty in desire。
The studded bridle on a ragged bough
Nimbly she fastens´ O�察�how quick is love��
The steed is stalled up�察�and even now
To tie the rider she begins to prove。
Backward she pushed him�察�as she would be thrust��
And governed him in strength�察�though not in lust。
So soon was she along as he was down��
Each leaning on their elbows and their hips��
Now doth she stroke his cheek�察�now doth he frown��
And 'gins to chide�察�but soon she stops his lips��
And kissing speaks�察�with lustful language broken��
'If thou wilt chide�察�thy lips shall never open。'
He burns with bashful shame�察�she with her tears
Doth quench the maiden burning of his cheeks��
Then with her windy sighs and golden hairs
To fan and blow them dry again she seeks。
He saith she is immodest�察�blames her miss��
What follows more she murders with a kiss。
Even as an empty eagle�察�sharp by fast��
Tires with her beak on feathers�察�flesh and bone��
Shaking her wings�察�devouring all in haste��
Till either gorge be stuffed or prey be gone��
Even so she kissed his brow�察�his cheek�察�his chin��
And where she ends she doth anew begin。
Thus she replies�此�'Thy palfrey�察�as he should��
Welcomes the warm approach of sweet desire。
Affection is a coal that must be cooled��
Else�察�suffered�察�it will set the heart on fire。
The sea hath bounds�察�but deep desire hath none��
Therefore no marvel though thy horse be gone。
'How like a jade he stood tied to the tree��
Servilely mastered with a leathern rein��
But when he saw his love�察�his youth's fair fee��
He held such petty bondage in disdain��
Throwing the base thong from his bending crest��
Enfranchising his mouth�察�his back�察�his breast。
'Who sees his true´love in her naked bed��
Teaching the sheets a whiter hue than white��
But�察�when his glutton eye so full hath fed��
His other agents aim at like delight��
Who is so faint that dares not be so bold
To touch the fire�察�the weather being cold��
'Let me excuse thy courser�察�gentle boy��'
And learn of him�察�I heartily beseech thee��
To take advantage on presented joy��
Though I were dumb�察�yet his proceedings teach thee。
O�察�learn to love�察�the lesson is but plain��
And once made perfect�察�never lost again。'
'I know not love��' quoth he�察�'nor will not know it��
Unless it be a boar�察�and then I chase it。
'Tis much to borrow�察�and I will not owe it。
My love to love is love but to disgrace it��
For I have heard it is a life in death��
That laughs�察�and weeps�察�and all but with a breath。
'Who wears a garment shapeless and unfinished��
Who plucks the bud before one leaf put forth��
If springing things be any jot diminished��
They wither in their prime�察�prove nothing worth。
The colt that's backed and burdened being young
Loseth his pride�察�and never waxeth strong。
'You hurt my hand with wringing�察�let us part��
And leave this idle theme�察�this bootless chat��
Remove your siege from my unyielding heart��
To love's alarms it will not ope the gate。
Dismiss your vows�察�your feigned tears�察�your flatt'ry��
For where a heart is hard they make no batt'ry。'
'What�察�canst thou talk��' quoth she�察�'hast thou a tongue��
O�察�would thou hadst not�察�or I had no hearing��
Thy mermaid's voice hath done me double wrong��
I had my load before�察�now pressed with bearing��
Melodious discord�察�heavenly tune harsh sounding��
Ears' deep´sweet music�察�and heart's deep´sore wounding。
'Had I no eyes but ears�察�my ears would love
That inward beauty and invisible��
Or were I deaf�察�thy outward parts would move
Each part in me that were but sensible。
Though neither eyes nor ears�察�to hear nor see��
Yet should I be in love by touching thee。
'Say that the sense of feeling were bereft me��
And that I could not see�察�nor hear�察�nor touch��
And nothing but the very smell were left me��
Yet would my love to thee be still as much��
For from the stillitory of thy face excelling
Comes breath perfumed�察�that breedeth love by smelling。
'But O�察�what banquet wert thou to the taste��
Being nurse and feeder of the other four��
Would they not wish the feast might ever last��
And bid Suspicion double´lock the door��
Lest Jealousy�察�that sour unwelcome guest��
Should by his stealing in disturb the feast��'
Once more the ruby´coloured portal opened��
Which to his speech did honey passage yield��
Like a red morn�察�that ever yet betokened
Wrack to the seaman�察�tempest to the field��
Sorrow to shepherds�察�woe unto the birds��
Gusts and foul flaws to herdmen and to herds。
This ill presage advisedly she marketh。
Even as the wind is hushed before it raineth��
Or as the wolf doth grin before he barketh��
Or as the berry breaks before it staineth��
Or like the deadly bullet of a gun��
His meaning struck her ere his words begun。
And at his look she flatly falleth down��
For looks kill love�察�and love by looks reviveth��
A smile recures the wounding of a frown。
But blessed bankrupt that by loss so thriveth��
The silly boy�察�believing she is dead��
Claps her pale cheek�察�till clapping makes it red��
And all amazed brake off his late intent��
For sharply he did think to reprehend her��
Which cunning love did wittily prevent。
Fair fall the wit that can so well defend her��
For on the grass she lies as she were slain��
Till his breath breatheth life in her again。
He wrings her nose�察�he strikes her on the cheeks��
He bends her fingers�察�holds her pulses hard��
He chafes her lips�察�a thousand ways he seeks
To mend the hurt that his unkindness marred��
He kisses her�察�and she�察�by her good will��
Will never rise�察�so he will kiss her still。
The night of sorrow now is turned to day��
Her two blue windows faintly she upheaveth��
Like the fair sun�察�when in his fresh array
He cheers the morn�察�and all the earth relieveth��
And as the bright sun glorifies the sky��
So is her face illumined with her eye��
Whose beams upon his hairless face are fixed��
As if from thence they borrowed all their shine。
Were never four such lamps together mixed��
Had not his clouded with his brow's repine��
But hers�察�which through the crystal tears gave light��
Shone like the moon in water seen by night。
Forced to content�察�but never to obey��
Panting he lies and breatheth in her face��
She feedeth on the steam as on a prey��
And calls it heavenly moisture�察�air of grace��
Wishing her cheeks were gardens full of flowers��
So they were dewed with such distilling showers。
Look how a bird lies tangled in a net��
So fast'ned in her arms Adonis lies��
Pure shame and awed resistanc