Love
Ten Sonets to Philomel: Allusion to Theseus voyage to Crete, against the Minotaure
From Complete Poems, ed. Grosart (1876)
My loue is sail'd against dislike to fight,
Which like vile monster, threatens his decay:
The ship is hope, which by desires great might,
Is swiftly borne towards the wishèd bay:
The company which with my loue doth fare,
(Though met in one) is a dissenting crew:
They are ioy, griefe, and neuer-sleeping care,
And doubt, which neere beleeues good newes for true:
Blacke feare the flag is, which my ship doth beare,
Which (Deere) take downe, if my loue victor be:
And let white comfort in his place appeare.
When loue victoriously returnes to me:
Least I from rock despaire come tumbling downe,
And in a sea of teares be for'st to drowne.
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Davies, John. “Ten Sonets to Philomel: Allusion to Theseus voyage to Crete, against the Minotaure.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davies/179/.
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Davies, John. “Ten Sonets to Philomel: Allusion to Theseus voyage to Crete, against the Minotaure.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davies/179/.
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