Sonnet 6

BE nought^[1] dismayd that her unmouéd mind,

Doth still persist in her rebellious pride:

Such loue, not lyke to lusts of baser kynd,

The harder wonne, the firmer will abide.

The durefull^[2] Oake whose sap is not yet dride

Is long ere it conceive the kindling fyre:

But when it once doth burne, it doth diuide^[3]

Great heat, and makes his flames to heauen aspire.

So hard it is to kindle new desire,

In gentle brest, that shall endure for euer:

Deepe is the wound that dints the parts entire^[4]

With chast affects^[5], that naught but death can seuer.

Then thinke not long in taking litle paine

To knit the knot, that euer shall remaine^[6].

[1] nought: (什么也）没有，没有什么东西[什么事]，什么东西[什么事]也不……。

[2] durefull:也许是“耐久的，持久的”之义，但却“困难的，难对付”（橡木木质紧，燃烧起来很慢）。

[3] divide:发出。

[4] entire:留下令人震撼的印象。

[5] affect:想要，渴望，希望（做某事）。

[6] remaine:婚姻。