Love
The Twofold Power of Love
From Poems (ed. Padelford, 1920)
Love
Yf he that erst the fourme so livelye drewe
Of Venus faas, tryvmpht in paynteres arte,
Thy father then what glorye did ensew,
By whose pencell a goddesse made thow arte!
Touchid with flame, that figure made some rewe,
And with her love surprysed manye a hart;
There lackt yet that should cure their hoot desyer:
Thow canst enflame and quenche the kyndled fyre.
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Howard, Henry, Earl of Surrey. “The Twofold Power of Love.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/surrey/11/.
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Howard, Henry, Earl of Surrey. “The Twofold Power of Love.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/surrey/11/.
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