Cupid and my Campaspe play´d

Cupid and my Campaspe play´d
At cards for kisses -- Cupid paid:
He stakes his quiver, bow and arrows,
His mother´s doves, and team of sparrows;
Loses them too; then down he throws
The coral of his lip, the rose
Growing on´s cheek (but none knows how);
With these, the crystal of his brow,
And then the dimple of his chin:
All these did my Campaspe win.
At last he set her both his eyes,
She won, and Cupid blind did rise.
O Love! has she done this to thee?
What shall (alas!) become of me?


(John Lyly; 1554 - 1606)