Sir Henry Wotton, and Serjeant Hoskins Riding On The Way

Sir Henry Wotton 1568 (parish) – 1639 (chapel of Eton College)



Ho. Noble, lovely, vertuous Creature,
Purposely so fram'd by Nature
To enthral your servants wits.

Wo. Time must now unite our hearts:
Not for any more deserts,
But because (me thinks) it fits.

Ho. Dearest treasure of my thought,
And yet wert thou to be bought
With my life, thou wert not dear.

Wo. Secret comfort of my mind,
Doubt no longer to be kind,
But be so and so appear.

Ho. Give me love for love again,
Let our loves be clear and plain,
Heaven is fairest, when 'tis clearest.

Wo. Lest in clouds, and in differring,
We resemble Seamen erring,
Farthest off, when we are nearest.

Ho. Thus with numbers interchanged,
Wotton's Muse and mine have ranged,
Verse and Journey both are spent.

Wo. And if Hoskins chance to say,
That we well have spent the day,
I, for my part, am content.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AAB XXB CXD EED XXX FFX CXG HHG
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 773
Words 147
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

Sir Henry Wotton

Sir Henry Wotton was an English author, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and 1625. more…

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