Love

Sonnet. 51 (Sonnet 51)

by Michael Drayton 1563–1631

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Love

CAlling minde since first my loue begunne,
Th'incertaine times oft varying in their course,
How things still vnexpectedly haue runne,
As please the fates, by their resistlesse force:
Lastly, mine eyes amazedly haue seene,
Essex great fall, Tyroue his peace to gaine,
The quiet end of that long-liuing Queene,
This Kings faire entrance, and our peace with Spaine,
We and the Dutch at length our selues to seuer,
Thus the world doth, and euermore shall reele,
Yet to my goddesse am I constant euer;
How ere blind fortune turne her giddie wheele:
Though heauen & earth proue both to me vntrue,
Yet am I still inuiolate to you.

MLA

Drayton, Michael. “Sonnet. 51 (Sonnet 51).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/drayton/50/.

Chicago

Drayton, Michael. “Sonnet. 51 (Sonnet 51).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/drayton/50/.

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