BVt if ye saw that which no eyes can see, <br />The inward beauty of her liuely spright, <br />Garnisht with heauenly guifts of high degree, <br />Much more then would ye wonder at that sight, <br />And stand astonisht lyke to those which red <br />Medusaes mazeful hed. <br />There dwels sweet loue and constant chastity, <br />Vnspotted fayth and comely womanhood, <br />Regard of honour and mild modesty, <br />There vertue raynes as Queene in royal throne, <br />And giueth lawes alone. <br />The which the base affections doe obay, <br />And yeeld theyr seruices vnto her will <br />Ne thought of thing vncomely euer may <br />Thereto approch to tempt her mind to ill. <br />Had ye once seene these her celestial threasures, <br />And vnreuealed pleasures, <br />Then would ye wonder and her prayses sing, <br />That al the woods should answer and your echo ring.<br /><br />Edmund Spenser<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/poem-11-2/
