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Sonnets: Idea XV His Remedy For Love

By Michael Drayton

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Since to obtain thee nothing me will stead,     I have a med'cine that shall cure my love.     The powder of her heart dried, when she's dead,     That gold nor honour ne'er had power to move;         Mixed with her tears that ne'er her true love crost,     Nor at fifteen ne'er longed to be a bride;     Boiled with her sighs, in giving up the ghost,     That for her late deceasd husband died;         Into the same then let a woman breathe,     That being chid did never word reply;     With one thrice married's prayers, that did bequeath     A legacy to stale virginity.         If this receipt have not the power to win me,         Little I'll say, but think the devil's in me!

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About Michael Drayton

Michael Drayton (1563–1631) was an English poet whose "Poly-Olbion" (1612–1622) is a vast topographical poem describing the landscape and legends of England and Wales. His sonnet "Since there's no help" is among the finest of the Elizabethan era.

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