Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904.
IdeaSonnet 34. Marvel not, Love! though I thy power admire!
Michael Drayton (1563–1631)[First printed in 1599 (No. 34), and in all later editions. ]
To Admiration
To Admiration
M
Ravished a world beyond the farthest thought,
And knowing more, than ever hath been taught,
That I am only starved in my Desire:
Marvel not, L
Aiming at things exceeding all perfection;
To Wisdom’s self to minister direction,
That I am only starved in my Desire:
Marvel not, L
Though my Conceit I further seem to bend
Than possibly Invention can extend;
And yet am only starved in my Desire:
If thou wilt wonder! here ’s the wonder, L
That this to me doth yet no wonder prove.