https://www.textarchiv.com/henry-king Born 1592 in England, United Kingdom. Died 30 September 1669 in Chichester, United Kingdom. de https://www.textarchiv.com/henry-king/sonnet-the-double-rock <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="schema:text content:encoded"><p>Since thou hast view&#039;d some Gorgon, and art grown<br /> A solid stone:<br /> To bring again to softness thy hard heart<br /> Is past my art.<br /> Ice may relent to water in a thaw;<br /> But stone made flesh Loves Chymistry ne&#039;re saw.</p> <p>Therefore by thinking on thy hardness, I<br /> Will petrify;<br /> And so within our double Quarryes Wombe,<br /> Dig our Loves Tombe.<br /> Thus strangely will our difference agree;<br /> And, with our selves, amaze the world, to see<br /> How both Revenge and Sympathy consent<br /> To make two Rocks each others Monument.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="schema:author"><a href="/henry-king" typeof="skos:Concept" property="schema:name" datatype="">Henry King</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-releasedate field-type-number-integer field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="schema:datePublished">1657</div></div></div><span rel="schema:url" resource="/henry-king/sonnet-the-double-rock" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="schema:name" content="Sonnet. The Double Rock" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> Mon, 16 Jan 2017 21:38:01 +0000 mrbot 5868 at https://www.textarchiv.com