Lover's Diary

<p><SPAN name="link2H_4_0018" id="link2H_4_0018"></SPAN></p> <br/> <h2> TESTAMENT </h2> <p>Why do I love thee? Shall my answer run:<br/> Because that thou hast beauty, noble place,<br/> Because of some sweet glamour in thy face,<br/> And eyes that shame the clear light of the sun?<br/> <br/> Shall I exclaim upon thy snow-white hands,<br/> Challenge the world to show a gentler mien,<br/> Call down the seraphs to attest, the sheen<br/> Upon thy brow is borrowed from their lands?<br/> <br/> Shall I trace out a map of all thy worth,<br/> Parcel thy virtues, say, &ldquo;For this and this<br/> I learned to love her; here new charms had birth;<br/> <br/> I in this territory caught a bliss&rdquo;?<br/> Shall I make inventory of thy grace,<br/> And crowd the total into common space?<br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />