| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907. | | | | Accurst Be Love | | By Thomas Lodge (1558–1625) |
| | | ACCURST be Love, and those that trust his trains! | |
| He tastes the fruit whilst others toil, | |
| He brings the lamp, we lend the oil, | |
| He sows distress, we yield him soil, | |
| He wageth war, we bide the foil. | 5 |
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| Accurst be Love, and those that trust his trains! | |
| He lays the trap, we seek the snare, | |
| He threat’neth death, we speak him fair, | |
| He coins deceits, we foster care, | |
| He favoureth pride, we count it rare. | 10 |
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| Accurst be Love, and those that trust his trains! | |
| He seemeth blind, yet wounds with art, | |
| He sows content, he pays with smart, | |
| He swears relief, yet kills the heart, | |
| He calls for truth, yet scorns desart. | 15 |
| Accurst be Love, and those that trust his trains! | |
| Whose heaven is hell, whose perfect joys are pains. | | | | |
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