Love

Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 61

by John Davies of Hereford c. 1565–1618

From Wittes Pilgrimage (1605)

Love

Parhaps I doo, though you thinke otherwise,
Loue in the tenderst Bowels of my Soule;
But what? Can I not loue; vnlesse there lies
Loue in my Front, while yours, in hate, doth scoule?
If no faith in the Front doth lie; no loue
Lies where no faith is; for, loue liues thereby:
Then, the Fronts Arguments doo nothing proue
But showe of trueth inuolu'd in Falacie.
And if the Front saie true, and true it bee
That Womens Naies are euer double Yeas;
Then, your Front euer giuing Naies to mee,
Doo giue me twice as many yeas, by These:
But, in true loue, I hold that Skill vnfit,
That discontents the Will to please the Wit.

MLA

Hereford, John Davies of. “Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 61.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_jh/171/.

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Hereford, John Davies of. “Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 61.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_jh/171/.

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