MAIE Selynesse on erthes boundes bee hadde? <br />Maie yt adyghte yn human shape bee founde? <br />Wote yee, ytt was wyth Edin's bower bestadde, <br />Or quite eraced from the scaunce-layd grounde, <br />Whan from the secret fontes the waterres dyd abounde? <br />Does yt agrosed shun the bodyed waulke, <br />Lyve to ytself and to yttes ecchoe taulke? <br />All hayle, Contente, thou mayde of turtle-eyne, <br />As thie behoulders thynke thou arte iwreene, <br />To ope the dore to Selynesse ys thyne, <br />And Chrystis glorie doth upponne thee sheene. <br />Doer of the foule thynge ne hath thee seene; <br />In caves, ynn wodes, ynn woe, and dole distresse, <br />Whoere hath thee hath gotten Selynesse.<br /><br />Thomas Chatterton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-happienesse/
