Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 76

WEe read that Gelon and Pisistratus
Vsurpt tyrannicall dominion
By meanes as violent as vicious:
Yet rul'd with loue, and admiration:
But, loue (that rules the Kingdome of my minde)
Comming in Peace, aright, to that Command
Doth rage therin, and either burne, or binde
The Powres therof, that none escapes his Hand:
Then would he Gelon were, for gouernment,
Though he had got the same with sword, and fire:
Then, should I be Loues Kingdome of Content,
That am the flaming Forge of his Desire:
But, rule more mildly, Loue, lest my Minds Powres
Conspire to quench that Flame with thy blouds Showres.