Love

Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 37

by John Davies of Hereford c. 1565–1618

From Wittes Pilgrimage (1605)

Love

IN the' Abstract Nature is immutable;
But, in the Subiect it doth varie still:
My Loue, each way, is to It sutable;
In th'Abstract firme, the Subiect varie will.
Whie wilt thou varie (Subiect of my Loue,
More sweete then Sweetnesse!) whie wilt alter Sweete?
Is it because thou wilt a Tyrant proue?
Or scornst Subiection? or, thy Match to meete?
If so it bee (ô fayrest Faire!) then, know
I am thy Subiect, though thou subiect bee
To my high Loue, that makes me subiect so:
Then, thy Subiection giues thee Sou'raigntie:
Sith so it is: then, firme to me remaine,
Whose Loue doth make thee Subiect: so, to Raign!

MLA

Hereford, John Davies of. “Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 37.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_jh/148/.

Chicago

Hereford, John Davies of. “Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 37.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_jh/148/.

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