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To Mistress Philip Sidney

by Ben Jonson 1572-1637

From Epigrams (1616)

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I must believe some miracles still be,
When Sidney's name I hear, or face I see:
For Cupid, who at first took vain delight
In mere out-forms, until he lost his sight,
Hath changed his soul, and made his object you:
Where finding so much beauty met with virtue,
He hath not only gain'd himself his eyes,
But, in your love, made all his servants wise.

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Epigrams, no. 114.

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Jonson, Ben. “To Mistress Philip Sidney.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/154/.

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Jonson, Ben. “To Mistress Philip Sidney.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/154/.

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