Love
Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 71
From Wittes Pilgrimage (1605)
NO, I deny it; and my negatiue
Salbe made good with two affirmatiues
Yea, I affirme it: which Affirmatiue
Shal be auouched with two Negatiues:
I do deny I faine, yea, yea I do,
As you accuse me, and withal affirme
I loue you for your selfe, for whom I woo:
And cannot loue no loue that is too Firme.
I cannot loue no loue, nor loue that loue
That's like Priuation, drawing neer to nought:
That loue is nothing, and can Nothing moue,
But such a som-thing as should not be sought:
What That is, guesse (if it be not your hate)
It is that I would flie as evil fate.
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Hereford, John Davies of. “Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 71.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_jh/178/.
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Hereford, John Davies of. “Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 71.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_jh/178/.
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