Love

Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 85

by John Davies of Hereford c. 1565–1618

From Wittes Pilgrimage (1605)

Love

LAmia the witch (as Poets featlie faine)
Still in a box, at home puts vp her Eies:
But going abrode shee put them in againe
Their propper holes, wherewith each Moe she spies:
So, thou at home, (that is, thy selfe within
O hellish Cerces that bewitchest me)
Pul'st out thine Eies: that is, seest not thy Sin;
But yet abrode thou mine too wel dost see.
Thou saist I haue deceau'd thee in thy loue
By other Loues; and so, thou me dost hate
Vpon a meer surmise: but I can proue
Where thou thy Chastitie did'st vulnerate:
O no, I lie, thou stil didst keep it ound
But others gaue, and it receau'd the wound.

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Hereford, John Davies of. “Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 85.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_jh/189/.

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Hereford, John Davies of. “Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 85.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_jh/189/.

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