Yet shall my ashes and my blood assure Thy beauty's fame forever to endure For thy fame's life from my death doth proceed. By sucking blood out of my breast and heart. Since thou art cause that it this flight begun For earthly vapors drawn up by the sun Comets become and night-suns in the sky. So during night in heaven remain may I. Blame not, I say again, my high desire Since of us both the cause thereof depends. In thee doth shine, in me doth burn a fire.
Fire draws up others and itself ascends.
My love a fire and so ascends above. But when these three to show their heavenly might Such wonders do, devotion then for this Commandeth us, with humble zeal to kiss Such things as work miracles in our sight. Because to see her lips they blush for shame. The lilies' leaves for envy pale became And her white hands in them this envy bred. Dyed with the blood she made my heart to shed.