Love

Phillis, Sonnet VIII

by Thomas Lodge 1557–1625

From Phillis

Love

No stars her eyes to clear the wandering night,
But shining suns of true divinity,
That make the soul conceive her perfect light!
No wanton beauties of humanity
Her pretty brows, but beams that clear the sight
Of him that seeks the true philosophy!
No coral is her lip, no rose her fair,
But even that crimson that adorns the sun.
No nymph is she, but mistress of the air,
By whom my glories are but new begun.
But when I touch and taste as others do,
I then shall write and you shall wonder too.

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One of the sonnets in Lodge's pastoral sequence Phillis, in which the shepherd Damon courts the shepherdess of the title.

MLA

Lodge, Thomas. “Phillis, Sonnet VIII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lodge/10/.

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Lodge, Thomas. “Phillis, Sonnet VIII.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lodge/10/.

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