| SOME glory in their birth, some in their skill | |
| Some in their wealth, some in their body’s force; | |
| Some in their garments, though new-fangled ill; | |
| Some in their hawks and hounds, some in their horse; | |
| And every humour hath his adjunct pleasure, | 5 |
| Wherein it finds a joy above the rest: | |
| But these particulars are not my measure; | |
| All these I better in one general best. | |
| Thy love is better than high birth to me, | |
| Richer than wealth, prouder than garments’ cost, | 10 |
| Of more delight than hawks and horses be; | |
| And having thee, of all men’s pride I boast: | |
| Wretched in this alone, that thou mayst take | |
| All this away, and me most wretched make. |