| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Idea | | Sonnet 12. That learned Father, which so firmly proves | | Michael Drayton (1563–1631) |
| | [First printed in 1599 (No. 14), and in all later editions.]
To the Soul |
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| THAT learned Father, which so firmly proves | |
| The Soul of Man immortal and divine, | |
| And doth the several Offices define: | |
| Anima, | Gives her that Name, as she the body moves. | |
| Amor, | Then is she Love, embracing Charity. | 5 |
| Animus, | Moving a will in us, it is the Mind: | |
| Mens, | Retaining knowledge, still the same in kind. | |
| Memoria, | As intellectual, it is Memory. | |
| Ratio, | In judging, Reason only is her name. | |
| Sensus, | In speedy apprehension, it is Sense. | 10 |
| Conscientia, | In right and wrong, they call her Conscience. | |
| Spiritus, | The Spirit, when it to GODward doth inflame. | |
| These of the Soul, the several functions be, | |
| Which my heart lightened by thy Love, doth see. | | | |
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