Love

Ideas Mirrour, Amour 25

by Michael Drayton 1563–1631

From Ideas Mirrour (1594)

Love

The glorious sunne went blushing to his bed,
When my soules sunne, from her fayre Cabynet,
Her golden beames had now discouered,
Lightning the world, eclipsed by his set.
Some muz'd to see the earth enuy the ayre,
Which from her lyps exhald refined sweet,
A world to see, yet how he ioyd to heare
The dainty grasse make musicke with her feete.
But my most meruaile was when from the skyes,
So Comet-like, each starre aduanc'd her lyght,
As though the heauen had now awak'd her eyes,
And summond Angels to this blessed sight.
No clowde was seene, but christalline the ayre,
Laughing for ioy upon my louely fayre.

MLA

Drayton, Michael. “Ideas Mirrour, Amour 25.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/drayton/79/.

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Drayton, Michael. “Ideas Mirrour, Amour 25.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/drayton/79/.

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