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The First Booke X. by Thomas Campion. Good men pitty cannot hide ; Feeble spirits onely vant Of reuenge, the poorest pride : Hee alone, forgiue that can, Bears the true soule of a man. Some there are, debate that seeke, Making trouble their content, Happy if they wrong the meeke, Vexe them that to peace are bent : 10 Such vndooe the common tye Of mankinde, societie. Kindnesse growne is, lately, colde ; Conscience hath forgot her part ; Blessed times were knowne of old, Long ere Law became an Art : Shame deterr'd, not Statutes then, Honest loue was law to men. Deeds from loue, and words, that flowe, Foster like kinde Aprill showres ; 20 In the warme Sunne all things grow, Wholsome fruits and pleasant flowres ; All so thriues his gentle rayes, Where on humane loue displayes. |
 Correggio. Allegory of Virtue. c.1532-34. |