Sonnet XXXVI: Thou Purblind Boy
Cupid Conjured
Thou purblind boy, since thou hast been so slackTo wound her heart, whose eyes have wounded me,And suffer'd her to glory in my wrack,Thus to my aid I lastly conjure thee:By hellish Styx, by which the Thund'rer swears,By thy fair mother's unavoided power,By Hecate's names, by Proserpine's sad tearsWhen she was rapt to the infernal bower,By thine own loved Psyche, by the firesSpent on thine alters flaming up to heav'n,By all true lovers' sighs, vows, and desires,By all the wounds that ever thou hast giv'n:I conjure thee by all that I have nam'dTo make her love, or, Cupid, be thou damn'd.
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