| Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–47). The Poetical Works. 1880. | | | | Songs and Sonnets | | Complaint of the Lover disdained |
| | | IN Cyprus springs, whereas Dame Venus dwelt, | |
| A well so hot, that whoso tastes the same, | |
| Were he of stone, as thawed ice should melt, | |
| And kindled find his breast with fixed flame; | |
| Whose moist poison dissolved hath my hate. | 5 |
| This creeping fire my cold limbs so opprest, | |
| That in the heart that harbour’d freedom, late: | |
| Endless despair long thraldom hath imprest. | |
| Another 1 so cold in frozen ice is found, | |
| Whose chilling venom of repugnant kind, | 10 |
| The fervent heat doth quench of Cupid’s wound, | |
| And with the spot of change infects the mind; | |
| Whereof my dear hath tasted to my pain: | |
| My service thus is grown into disdain. 2 | |
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