| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Idea | | Sonnet 15. Since to obtain thee, nothing me will stead | | Michael Drayton (1563–1631) |
| | [First printed in 1619.]
His Remedy for Love |
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SINCE to obtain thee, nothing me will stead, | |
| I have a Med’cine that shall cure my Love. | |
| The powder of her Heart dried, when she is dead, | |
| That gold nor honour ne’er had power to move; | |
| Mixed with her Tears that ne’er her True Love crost, | 5 |
| Nor, at fifteen, ne’er longed to be a bride; | |
| Boiled with her Sighs, in giving up the ghost, | |
| That for her late deceasèd husband died; | |
| Into the same, then let a woman breathe, | |
| That being chid, did never word reply; | 10 |
| With one thrice-married’s Prayers, that did bequeath | |
| A legacy to stale virginity. | |
| If this receipt have not the power to win me; | |
| Little I’ll say, but think the Devil ’s in me! | | | |
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