Sir John Davies. Gulling Sonnets. II.

GULLINGE SONNETS
By Sir John Davies

II.

AS when y^e brighte Cerulian firmament
hathe not his glory w^th black cloudes defas'te,
Soe were my thoughts voyde of all discontent ;
and w^th noe myste of passions ouercast
they all were pure and cleare, till at the last
an ydle careles thoughte forthe wandringe wente
and of y^t poysonous beauty tooke a taste
W^ch doe the harts of louers so torment :
then as it chauncethe in a flock of sheepe
when some contagious yll breedes first in one
daylie it spreedes & secretly doth creepe
till all the silly troupe be ouergone.
So by close neighbourhood w^th in my brest
one scuruy thoughte infecteth all the rest.

Source:
Davies, Sir John. The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies. Vol II.
Rev. Alexander B, Grosart, ed. London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly, 1876. 57-58.

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