11.Give yourself no unnecessary pain Give yourself no unnecessary pain, My dear Lord Cardinal. Here, mother, tie My girdle for me, and bind up this hair In any simple knot. Ay, that does well; And yours, I see, is coming down. How often Ha…

Brand quotes Ben Jonson. And on sweet St. Agnes' night, Pleas'd yon with the promis'd sight, Some of husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers. 02.LONELY SOUNDS. Undescribed sounds, That come a-swooning over hollow grounds, …

I must have wanton poets, pleasant wits, Musicians, that with touching of a string May draw the pliant king which way I please: Music and poetry is his delight; Therefore I'll have Italian masks by night, Sweet speeches, comedies, and plea…