310. Ubique by Joshua Sylvester
b"J Sylvester read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------\\n\\nUbique\\nby Joshua Sylvester (1561 \\u2013 1618)\\n\\nWere I as base as is the lowly plain,\\nAnd you, my Love, as high as heaven above,\\nYet should the thoughts of me, your humble swain,\\nAscend to heaven in honour of my love.\\nWere I as high as heaven above the plain,\\nAnd you, my Love, as humble and as low\\nAs are the deepest bottoms of the main,\\nWheresoe'er you were, with you my love should go.\\nWere you the earth, dear Love, and I the skies,\\nMy love should shine on you like to the Sun,\\nAnd look upon you with ten thousand eyes,\\nTill heaven wax'd blind, and till the world were done.\\n Wheresoe'er I am,\\u2014below, or else above you\\u2014\\n Wheresoe'er you are, my heart shall truly love you.\\n\\nFirst aired: 4 August 2008\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008"