Poem by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

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From Tuscan came my lady's worthy race;
Fair Florence was sometime her ancient seat.
The western isle whose pleasant shore doth face
Wild Camber's cliffs, did give her lively heat.
Foster'd she was with milk of Irish breast;
Her sire an earl, her dame of princes' blood.
From tender years in Britain she doth rest
With a king's child, where she tastes ghostly food.
Hunsdon did first present her to mine eyen;
Bright is her hue, and Geraldine she hight;
Hampton me taught to wish her first for mine;
And Windsor, alas, doth chase me from her sight.
Beauty her mate, her virtues from above:
Happy is he that may obtain her love. 

1. The Sun Hath Twice
2. A Constant Lover Lamenteth
3. Of The Death of Sir T.W. the Elder
4. Brittle Beauty
5. Alas! So All Things Now Do Hold Their Peace

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