Love

Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 87

by John Davies of Hereford c. 1565–1618

From Wittes Pilgrimage (1605)

Love

BEe not, ô be not careleslie vnkinde
To him (sower-Sweet) whose care is all for thee:
Looke in my Hart, through windows of my minde,
And nought but thine owne Image thou shalt see.
Sack not the Temple then, where thon art shrinde
A glorius Monumente of Excellence!
The Shrine's immortal, sith so is my Minde,
Yet maist thou it deface, by plaging Sence.
Thou plaugst my feeling, sith through thee I feele
The hatefulst plagues that Loues Fire can inflict:
My Hart (where thou dost dwell, with Hart of Steele;)
Sill flaming, burnes, yet thee it not afflicts:
But wert thou not lessesensible then Steele.
Thou coulst not choose but feele the paines I feele!

MLA

Hereford, John Davies of. “Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 87.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_jh/191/.

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Hereford, John Davies of. “Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 87.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_jh/191/.

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