Love

To Clarastella. Why Lovers walk round

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Poems, &c.

Love

'Tis oft observ'd that those who are in love
Do, when they walk, in spherick circle move;
A motion to its nature genuine:
So move the Heav'ns and Love that is divine
And heav'n-deduced draws like that his gest
A round, because that figure is the best.
Love is a Labyrinth wherein wandring men
Tread the same pensive measur's o'r agen:
The Soul her feet th' affection guides, and moves
To the same object that she truly Loves.
Thus when I walk so often round, I move
To thee the Center Nature bids me love.

MLA

Heath, Robert. “To Clarastella. Why Lovers walk round.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/55/.

Chicago

Heath, Robert. “To Clarastella. Why Lovers walk round.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/55/.

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