Sonnet 31 To such as say thy loue I ouer-prize, And doe not sticke to terme my praises folly, Against these folkes that think them selues so wise, I thus appose my force of reason wholly, Though I giue more, then well affords my state, In which expense the most suppose me vaine, Would yeeld them nothing at the easiest rate, Yet at this price, returnes me treble gaine, They value not, vnskilfull how to vse, And I giue much, because I gaine thereby, I that thus take, or they that thus refuse, Whether are these deccaued then, or I?
"Minor Poems of Michael Drayton"
Michael Drayton