Henry Chettle (c. 1564-c. 1607). Wily Cupid. William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. 1907. The Book of Elizabethan Verse

William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907.

Wily Cupid

By Henry Chettle (c. 1564–c. 1607)


TRUST not his wanton tears,
Lest they beguile ye;
Trust not his childish sigh,
He breatheth slily.
Trust not his touch,	5
His feeling may defile ye;
Trust nothing that he doth,
The wag is wily.
If you suffer him to prate,
You will rue it over-late.	10
Beware of him, for he is witty;
Quickly strive the boy to bind,
Fear him not, for he is blind:
If he get loose, he shows no pity.