Touch Me Not

Whoso list to hunt, I know where is an hind,
But as for me, hélas, I may no more.
The vain travail hath wearied me so sore,
I am of them that farthest cometh behind.
Yet may I by no means my wearied mind
Draw from the deer, but as she fleeth afore
Fainting I follow. I leave off therefore,
Sithens in a net I seek to hold the wind.
Who list her hunt, I put him out of doubt,
As well as I may spend his time in vain.
And graven with diamonds in letters plain
There is written, her fair neck round about:
Noli me tangere, for Caesar's I am,
And wild for to hold, though I seem tame.

This poem, by Sir Thomas Wyatt, has been running around in my head ever since I started designing the Love-In-Idleness necklace. "Whoso List to Hunt" was reputed to have been written about Anne Boleyn, one of the ill-fated wives of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I. Here, Anne is the deer and Caesar is Henry VIII. "Noli me tangere" translates as "touch me not". I don't exactly know what I'm going to do with this donut which, as usual, I made from PMC3. I just knew I had to make it.

Oh, and regarding the Love-In-Idleness necklace, I received word yesterday that it has been accepted for publication in BeadStyle Magazine's Gallery. Calloo, callay! This is the third piece I've made since I started working with PMC three months ago that BeadStyle has accepted for publication. I am Extremely Excited. No publication date yet, but I will let you know once it is set.

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