Sonnet 4 - Venus unto the Gods a suit did move

Venus unto the Gods a suit did move,

That since she was of love the goddess styled,

She only might the power have of love,

And not as now a partner with her child,

The cause to this which stirred the Goddess mild

Was that of late her servant false did prove

Hurt as she said afresh by Cupid wild,

And to a Nymph his passions did remove;

Or else that they would eyes unto him give

That he might see, how he his shafts did drive,

This they denied: For if he blind did ill,

What would he seeing? But thus much they did

To shoot without her leave they him forbid

He this observed, and since obeys her will.