Love

Sonnet 78

by Sir Philip Sidney 1554–1586

Love

SWeete kisse, thy sweetes I faine would sweetely indite,
Which euen of sweetnes, sweetell sweeter art;
Pleasing consort, where each sense holdeth part,
With coopling Doues guides Venus chariot right,
Best charge and brau'st retraite in Cupids sight,
A double key which openeth to the harts,
Most ritch when most his ritches it impartes.
Nest of yong ioyes, Scholemaster of delight,
Teaching the meanes at once to take and giue,
The friendly fray where blows do wound and heale,
The prettie death while each in other liue,
Poore haps first wealth a pledge of promised weale,
Breakfast of loue, but loe, loe where shee is,
Cease we to praise, now praie wee for a kisse.

MLA

Sidney, Philip. “Sonnet 78.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sidney/77/.

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Sidney, Philip. “Sonnet 78.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sidney/77/.

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