Heart Songs

<h2><SPAN name="THE_COURTIERS_LADYE" id="THE_COURTIERS_LADYE"></SPAN>The Courtier’s Ladye</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="letra">M</span>Y ladye’s face is proud and fair,<br/></span> <span class="i2">My ladye’s eyes are grey,<br/></span> <span class="i0">She goeth out to take the air<br/></span> <span class="i2">On every sunny day.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">My ladye wears a gown of blue<br/></span> <span class="i2">That falleth to her feet,<br/></span> <span class="i0">All broidered o’er with pearls like dew,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And daisies shy and sweet.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">My ladye wears a hat of silk,<br/></span> <span class="i2">That fairy hands did spin,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And strings it hath as white as milk,<br/></span> <span class="i2">To tie beneath her chin.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">My ladye wears upon her breast<br/></span> <span class="i2">A knot of ribbon gay,<br/></span> <span class="i0">But who her heart doth love the best&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">My ladye will not say.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And, O, the jewels rich and rare<br/></span> <span class="i2">Do make the eye grow dim,<br/></span> <span class="i0">That sparkle in her powdered hair,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And on her fingers slim.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">My ladye wears a satin shoe,<br/></span> <span class="i2">With silver buckle wide,<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_140" id="page_140"></SPAN>{140}</span><br/></span> <span class="i0">A tiny thing from heel to toe<br/></span> <span class="i2">That is my joy and pride.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">My ladye wears upon her face<br/></span> <span class="i2">A little touch of scorn,<br/></span> <span class="i0">No fuller share of pride and grace<br/></span> <span class="i2">Hath any woman born.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">My ladye’s face is sweet and fair,<br/></span> <span class="i2">My ladye’s eyes are grey,<br/></span> <span class="i0">She goeth out to take the air<br/></span> <span class="i2">On every sunny day.<br/></span></div> </div></div> <p class="c"><ANTIMG src="images/deco.png" width-obs="25" alt="[Decorative image unavailable.]" /></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />