Love

Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 38

by John Davies of Hereford c. 1565–1618

From Wittes Pilgrimage (1605)

Love

IF two Sunnes should, at once, adorne the Skies
All, in Combustion, would bee soone beneath:
Then, tis no wonder though thy Sunne-bright Eyes
(O most faire-Faire!) make all to burne that breath!
For, in thy Faces midd-heau'n so they shine
As comforts Nature in her workes of grace:
Yet makes It flame, with furie (oft) Diuine,
While it as Heanu'ly doth adorne thy Face:
Then, sith I am great Mother Natures Sonne,
Let thine Eyes comfort mee, with grace, to moue,
(As if I were all flaming, in the Sunne)
Vnto the endlesse Orbe of thy bright loue:
Wherein, if quite thou melt me, I shalbe
That which I wishe: that is, A parle of Thee.

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Hereford, John Davies of. “Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 38.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_jh/149/.

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Hereford, John Davies of. “Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 38.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_jh/149/.

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