TESTO DEL LIED

"Love for such a cherry lip"
di Thomas Middleton (1570?-1627)

Love for such a cherry lip
Would be glad to pawn his arrows;
Venus here to take a sip
Would sell her doves and team of sparrows.
But they shall not so;
None but I this lip must owe.

Did Jove see this wanton eye,
Ganymede must wait no longer;
Phoebe here one night did lie,
Would change her face and look much younger.
But they shall not so;
None but I this lip must owe.