| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Idea | | Sonnet 27. Is not Love here, as ’tis in other climes? | | Michael Drayton (1563–1631) |
| | [First printed in 1619.]
IS not Love here, as ’tis in other climes? | |
| And differeth it, as do the several nations? | |
| Or hath it lost the virtue, with the Times? | |
| Or in this island altereth with the fashions? | |
| Or have our Passions lesser power than theirs, | 5 |
| Who had less Art, them lively to express? | |
| Is Nature grown less powerful in their heirs, | |
| Or in our fathers, did she more transgress? | |
| I am sure, my sighs come from a heart as true | |
| As any man’s that Memory can boast! | 10 |
| And my respects and services to you, | |
| Equal with his, that loves his Mistress most! | |
| Or Nature must be partial in my cause, | |
| Or only You do violate her laws! | | | | |
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