Love

(untitled)

by William Drummond of Hawthornden 1585–1649

Love

OF JET,
Or PORPHYRIE,
Or that white Stone
PAROS affords alone,
Or these in AZURE dye,
Which seem to scorn the SKIE;
Here Memphis Wonders do not set,
Nor ARTEMISIA'S huge Frame,
That keeps so long her Lovers Name:
Make no great marble Atlas stoop with Gold
To please the Vulgar EYE shall it behold.
The Muses, Phoebus, Love, have raised of their teares
A Crystal Tomb to him, through which his worth appears.

MLA

Drummond, William, of Hawthornden. “(untitled).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/drummond/87/.

Chicago

Drummond, William, of Hawthornden. “(untitled).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/drummond/87/.

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