Faine would I wed a faire yong man that day and night could please mee,
When my mind or body grieued that had the powre to ease mee.
Maids are full of longing thoughts that breed a bloudlesse sicknesse,
And that, oft I heare men say, is onely cur'd by quicknesse.
Oft I haue beene woo'd and prai'd, but neuer could be moued ;
Many for a day or so I haue most dearely loued,
But this foolish mind of mine straight loathes the thing resolued ;
If to loue be sinne in mee that sinne is soon absolued.
Sure I thinke I shall at last flye to some holy Order ;
When I once am setled there then can I flye no farther.
Yet I would not dye a maid, because I had a mother :
As I was by one brought forth I would bring forth another.

http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/fainewould.htm

Voir aussi :

Selected Poetry of Thomas Campion
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/authors/campion.html
This site, Representative Poetry Online, maintained by the University of Toronto’s Department of English, features links to six of Campion’s poems and selected Latin prose.

The American Academy of Poets?Poetry Exhibits: Thomas Campion
http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=300
The American Academy of Poets provides a long biography of Campion and links to other Campion sites.

Bartleby.com on Thomas Campion
http://www.bartleby.com/214/0801.html