Love

Sonnet 4

by William Drummond of Hawthornden 1585–1649

Love

HOw that vaste Heaven intitl'd First is rol'd,
If any glancing Towres beyond it be,
And People living in Eternity,
Or Essence pure that doth this All uphold:
What motion have those fixed Sparkes of Gold,
The wandring Carbuncles which shine from high,
By Sprights, or Bodies crosse-waies in the Skie,
If they be turn'd, and mortall Things behold.
How Sun posts Heaven about, how Nights pale Queen ▪
With borrowed Beames lookes on this hanging Round,
What cause faire Iris hath, and Monsters seene
In Aires large Fields of light, and Seas profound,
Did hold my wandring Thoughts; when thy sweet Eye
Bade me leave all, and only thinke on Thee.

MLA

Drummond, William, of Hawthornden. “Sonnet 4.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/drummond/3/.

Chicago

Drummond, William, of Hawthornden. “Sonnet 4.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/drummond/3/.

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