Henry VIII, King of England - If Love now Reigned as it hath been
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2014-11-07
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1 If love now reigned as it hath been
2 And were rewarded as it hath sin,
3 Noble men then would sure ensearch
4 All ways whereby they might it reach,
5 But envy reigneth with such disdain
6 And causeth lovers outwardly to refrain,
7 Which puts them to more and more
8 Inwardly most grievous and sore.
9 The fault in whom I cannot set,
10 But let them tell which love doth get--
11 To lovers I put now sure this case:
12 Which of their loves doth get them grace?
13 And unto them which doth it know
14 Better than do I, I think it so.
Henry VIII, King of England
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-love-now-reigned-as-it-hath-been/
2 And were rewarded as it hath sin,
3 Noble men then would sure ensearch
4 All ways whereby they might it reach,
5 But envy reigneth with such disdain
6 And causeth lovers outwardly to refrain,
7 Which puts them to more and more
8 Inwardly most grievous and sore.
9 The fault in whom I cannot set,
10 But let them tell which love doth get--
11 To lovers I put now sure this case:
12 Which of their loves doth get them grace?
13 And unto them which doth it know
14 Better than do I, I think it so.
Henry VIII, King of England
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-love-now-reigned-as-it-hath-been/
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