after a long haitus . . .

I'm going to discuss Lanyer's "The Description of Cooke-ham . . .
I didn't really get this poem until the very end of class . . .
I didn't see how the Lanyer stole the kiss from the tree (until Dr. Kilgore pointed it out). Cooke-ham was dying, but a kiss from"that grace where perfect grace remained" (who "walk, with Christ and his apostles there to talk") would've save Cooke-ham. Lanier (according to the introduction) had a very hard life after she left Cooke-ham. An illegitimate child. No patrons. Poor. And come to think of it, she didn't really live up to the ideal she expoused either. It's no wonder she looked back at Cooke-ham favorably.
Look at the last lines . . . (after the stolen kiss I see something a bit different)
"Whose virtues lodge in my unworthy breast,
And ever shall, so long as life remains,
Tying my life to her by there rich chains"
The footnote says that the chains mean virtues, but I disagree.
Point 1- the lady of Cooke-ham showed, but did not deliver the good life to Lanyer so she is ever longing, ever-seeking, trying to get above her station (i.e. bound by rich chains).
or point 2- the stolen kiss doomed her life and now she must reap the conquences (i.e. still bound by rich chains.)