Engaged in esteemed duties of import,
My leadership of all the staff affirm’d,
The office doth to my commands comport,
And maintain revenues to our liege firm.
Yet not a fortnight hence have I now met,
An intern, young, and fertile, and most fair,
With skin so smooth; her breasts, a supple set,
And lusty eyes obscur’d by sun-kissed hair.
Though resolute, I am at present shook,
And by the fires of lust I’m like to burn,
Subordinate to me and yet but look,
She now commands me; o how deep I yearn.
My marriage vows now strike my soul with dread,
I’d cast them off to breed that slut instead.