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Amour 17

By Michael Drayton

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If euer wonder could report a wonder,     Or tongue of wonder worth could tell a wonder thought,     Or euer ioy expresse what perfect ioy hath taught,     Then wonder, tongue, then ioy, might wel report a wonder.     Could all conceite conclude, which past conceit admireth,     Or could mine eye but ayme her obiects past perfection,     My words might imitate my deerest thoughts direction,     And my soule then obtaine which so my soule desireth.     Were not Inuention stauld, treading Inuentions maze,     Or my swift-winged Muse tyred by too hie flying;     Did not perfection still on her perfection gaze,     Whilst Loue (my Phoenix bird) in her owne flame is dying,         Inuention and my Muse, perfection and her loue,         Should teach the world to know the wonder that I proue.

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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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