Love
Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 89
From Wittes Pilgrimage (1605)
DOwn, down proude Hart, to Loues Lures, stoop. ô stoop
She Lures, that loues, shee loues, that can alure;
Then, downe, ô downe, yet not so low as droupe;
Sith shee, beeing gracious, is as kinde, as sure!
Hir glancing Eye, through Loue, in, State is staid,
Which stands with constant grace, and Maiesty:
Both which, in, loue deserue to be obaide
By hatefull harts, that are as hard as hie:
Then melt, melt Hart, in hott affections flames,
If thou be not mroe hard then hardest Stones:
For, Harts, but of that temper, shee vnframes
In fire of Loue, and makes them tender ones:
Then (Sweet) sith now mine melts for loue of you.
Let it run into yours, to Mould it new.
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Hereford, John Davies of. “Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 89.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_jh/193/.
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Hereford, John Davies of. “Wittes Pilgrimage, Sonnet 89.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_jh/193/.
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