ABSTRACT
But when the beauteous ladies came to know That their dear Lovelace was endangered soLovelace that thawed the most congealed breast, He who loved best10 and them defended best, Whose hand so rudely grasps the steely brand, Whose hand so gently melts the lady’s handThey all in mutiny, thou yet undressed, Sallied,11 and would in his defence contest. And one, the loveliest that was yet e’er seen, Thinking that I too of the rout12 had been, Mine eyes invaded with a female spite (She knew what pain ‘twould be to lose that sight). ‘O no, mistake not,’ I replied, ‘for I In your defence, or in his cause, would die.’ But he, secure of glory and of time,
Him valiantest men and fairest nymphs approve; His book in them finds judgement, with you love.
