Poem by Giles Fletcher the Elder

Licia Sonnets 7

Death in a rage assaulted once my heart
With love of her, my love that doth deny.
I scorned his force, and wished him to depart,
I heartless was, and therefore could not die.
I live in her, in her I placed my life,
She guides my soul, and her I honour must.
Nor is this life but yet a living strife,
A thing unmeet, and yet a thing most just.
Cupid enraged did fly to make me love,
My heart lay guarded with those burning eyes
The sparks whereof denied him to remove;
So conquered now, he like a captive lies;
Thus two at once by love were both undone,
My heart not loved, and armless Venus' son.

1. Licia Sonnets 16
2. Licia Sonnets 37
3. Licia Sonnets 41
4. Licia Sonnets 27
5. Licia Sonnets 39

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