Hot Sun, Cool Fire

Hot sun, cool fire, tempered with sweet air,

Black shade, fair nurse, shadow my white hair.

Shine, sun; burn, fire; breathe, air, and ease me;

Black shade, fair nurse, shroud me and please me.

Shadow, my sweet nurse, keep me from burning;

Make not my glad cause cause of mourning.

    Let not my beauty’s fire

    Inflame unstaid desire,

    Nor pierce any bright eye

    That wandereth lightly.