ANNE BOLEYN.

“S'elle estoit belle et de taille élégante,

Estoit des yeulx encor plus attirante,

Lesquelz sçavoit bien conduyre à propos

En les lenant quelquefoys en repos;

Aucune foys envoyant en message

Porter du cueur le secret tesmoignage.”

Much as her form seduced the sight,

Her eyes could even more surely woo;

And when and how to shoot their light

Into men's hearts full well she knew.

For sometimes in repose she hid

Their rays beneath a downcast lid;

And then again, with wakening air,

Would send their sunny glances out,

Like heralds of delight, to bear

Her heart's sweet messages about.