Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
John Lyly. 1553160685. Cards and Kisses
CUPID and my Campaspe play’d | |
At cards for kisses—Cupid paid: | |
He stakes his quiver, bow, and arrows, | |
His mother’s doves, and team of sparrows; | |
Loses them too; then down he throws | 5 |
The coral of his lips, the rose | |
Growing on ‘s cheek (but none knows how); | |
With these, the crystal of his brow, | |
And then the dimple of his chin: | |
All these did my Campaspe win. | 10 |
At last he set her both his eyes— | |
She won, and Cupid blind did rise. | |
O Love! has she done this for thee? | |
What shall, alas! become of me? |