Classic Poem

Verses written vpon this occasion: a yong Gentleman, falling in loue with a faire yong Damsell, not knowing how to make manifest vnto her the great good will he bare her: vsing certaine talke vnto her, in the end of her talke demaunded of her, whether she could or no? she answered yea: vpon which yea, he wrote these verses following, and found time to present them vnto her presently, as he wrote them.
I F thou canst reade, then marke what heere I write:
And what thou readst, beleeue it to be true;
And doo not thinke, I doo but toyes indite:
For, if thou marke in time what dooth insue
Then thou, ere long, perhaps, shalt easily fynde
The effect of that that may content thy minde

And to be plaine I lyke and loue thee well
And that so well, as better cannot be:
What should I say? I wish that I did dwell
In place where I thy selfe mought dayly see:
That yet at least, I mought injoy her sight
In whom doth rest the stay of my delight