Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SONNET, by ARTHUR GORGES


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First Line: Her face - her tongue - her wytt
Last Line: To serve to truste to feare.
Subject(s): Love


Her face Her tongue Her wytt
So faier So sweete So sharpe
first bent then drewe then hitt
myne eye myne eare my harte

Myn eye Myne eare My harte
to lyke to learne to love
her face her tongue her wytt
doth leade doth teache doth move

Her face Her tongue Her wytt
with beames with sounde with arte
doth blynd doth charm doth knitt
myn eye myne eare my harte

Myne eye Myne eare My harte
with lyfe with hope with skill
her face her tongue her witt
doth feede doth feaste doth fyll

O face O tongue O wytt
with frownes with checks with smarte
wronge not vex nott wounde not
myne eye myne eare my harte

This eye This eare This harte
shall Joye shall yeald shall swear
her face her tongue her witt
to serve to truste to feare.





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