Sonnet 22 - Cupid would needs make me a lover be

Cupid would needs make me a lover be

When I did little think of loving thought

Or ever to be tied; till he told me

That none can live, but to his bands are brought;

I, ignorant, did grant, and so was bought,

And sold again to lover's slavery;

The duty to the god of love once taught

Such band is, as we will not seek to free,

Yet when I well did understand his might

How he enflamed, and forced one to affect

I loved, and smarted, counting it delight

So still to waste, which reason did reject,

When love came blindfold, and did challenge me.

Indeed I loved but, wanton boy, not he.