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Andrew Lang - Ballade Of Amoureuse
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Not Jason nor Medea wise,
I crave to see, nor win much lore,
Nor list to Orpheus` minstrelsies;
Nor Her`cles would I see, that o`er
The wide world roamed from shore to shore;
Nor, by St. James, Penelope, -
Nor pure Lucrece, such wrong that bore:
To see my Love suffices me!

Virgil and Cato, no man vies
With them in wealth of clerkly store;
I would not see them with mine eyes;
Nor him that sailed, sans sail nor oar,
Across the barren sea and hoar,
And all for love of his ladye;
Nor pearl nor sapphire takes me more:
To see my Love suffices me!

I heed not Pegasus, that flies
As swift as shafts the bowmen pour;
Nor famed Pygmalion`s artifice,
Whereof the like was ne`er before;
Nor Oleus, that drank of yore
The salt wave of the whole great sea:
Why? dost thou ask?  `Tis as I swore -
To see my Love suffices me!
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