Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.
VII. Loves PowerWere I as base as is the lowly plain
Joshua Sylvester (15631618)W
And you, my Love, as high as heaven above,
Yet should the thoughts of me your humble swain
Ascend to heaven, in honor of my Love.
And you, my Love, as humble and as low
As are the deepest bottoms of the main,
Wheresoe’er you were, with you my love should go.
My love should shine on you like to the sun,
And look upon you with ten thousand eyes
Till heaven waxed blind, and till the world were done.
Wheresoe’er you are, my heart shall truly love you.