Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
William Browne, of Tavistock. 15881643243. Song
FOR her gait, if she be walking; | |
Be she sitting, I desire her | |
For her state’s sake; and admire her | |
For her wit if she be talking; | |
Gait and state and wit approve her; | 5 |
For which all and each I love her. | |
Be she sullen, I commend her | |
For a modest. Be she merry, | |
For a kind one her prefer I. | |
Briefly, everything doth lend her | 10 |
So much grace, and so approve her, | |
That for everything I love her. |