Poetic Divination

“Who Ever Loved That Loved Not at First Sight?” by Christopher Marlowe

It lies not in our power to love or hate,

For will in us is overruled by fate.

When two are stripped, long ere the course begin,

We wish that one should love, the other win;

And one especially do we affect

Of two gold ingots, like in each respect:

The reason no man knows; let it suffice

What we behold is censured by our eyes.

Where both deliberate, the love is slight:

Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight?

Happy birthday, Kit

There’s a very nice article about Christopher Marlowe up at The Writer’s Almanac.

And I hope the Marlovians are right — Somewhere out there, Marlowe is playing Parcheesi with Elvis, JFK, and Jesus . . . waiting for the right moment to come back home…