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Sonnets: Idea XXXVI Cupid Conjured

By Michael Drayton

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Thou purblind boy, since thou hast been so slack     To wound her heart whose eyes have wounded me     And suffered her to glory in my wrack,     Thus to my aid I lastly conjure thee!         By hellish Styx, by which the Thund'rer swears,     By thy fair mother's unavoided power,     By Hecate's names, by Proserpine's sad tears,     When she was wrapt to the infernal bower!         By thine own lovd Psyche, by the fires     Spent on thine altars flaming up to heaven,     By all true lovers' sighs, vows, and desires,     By all the wounds that ever thou hast given;         I conjure thee by all that I have named,         To make her love, or, Cupid, be thou damned!

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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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