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Amour 18

By Michael Drayton

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Some, when in ryme they of their Loues doe tell,     With flames and lightning their exordiums paynt:     Some inuocate the Gods, some spirits of Hell,     And heauen, and earth doe with their woes acquaint.     Elizia is too hie a seate for mee:     I wyll not come in Stixe or Phlegiton;     The Muses nice, the Furies cruell be,     I lyke not Limbo, nor blacke Acheron,     Spightful Erinnis frights mee with her lookes,     My manhood dares not with foule Ate mell:     I quake to looke on Hecats charming bookes,     I styll feare bugbeares in Apollos cell.         I passe not for Minerua nor Astra.         But euer call vpon diuine Idea.

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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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