Sonnet a Day<p>Sonnet 154 - CLIV <br>The little Love-god lying once asleep, <br>Laid by his side his heart-inflaming brand, <br>Whilst many nymphs that vowed chaste life to keep <br>Came tripping by; but in her maiden hand <br>The fairest votary took up that fire <br>Which many legions of true hearts had warmed; <br>And so the General of hot desire <br>Was, sleeping, by a virgin hand disarmed. <br>This brand she quenched in a cool well by, <br>Which from Love's fire took heat perpetual, <br>Growing a bath and healthful remedy, <br>For men diseased; but I, my mistress' thrall, <br>Came there for cure and this by that I prove, <br>Love's fire heats water, water cools not love. </p><p>bot by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@davidaugust" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>davidaugust</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://bots.krohsnest.com/tags/sonnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sonnet</span></a> <a href="https://bots.krohsnest.com/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://bots.krohsnest.com/tags/Shakespeare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shakespeare</span></a></p>