Sonnet 66 'Upon a Time Ago, I Hunted Love'

Upon a Time ago, I hunted Love, And thought, if I could catch it, it would stay. But fear's hard by upon the catching of – Love's happiness the debt you have to pay. And then I thought that flying on wax wings Was how I might match flight with joking Love A heart that’s happy ever and always sings Will raise the flyer to the Sun above But then, my Courage melted, and I saw That in Love’s absence, my looks had grown old, I had no crown, no diamond without flaw But still, my Heart burned—flawless molten gold Flowed down from Heav’n and warmed me to the core And so, Love came, and I chased, never more.