To the Soul <br /> <br />That learned Father, who so firmly proves <br />The Soul of man immortal and divine, <br />And doth the several offices define: <br />Anima - Gives her that name, as she the Body moves; <br />Amor - Then is she Love, embracing charity; <br />Animus - Moving a Will in us, it is the Mind <br />Mens - Retaining knowledge, still the same in kind; <br />Memoria - As intellectual, it is Memory; <br />Ratio - In judging, Reason only is her name; <br />Sensus - In speedy apprehension, it is Sense; <br />Conscientia - In right or wrong, they call her Conscience; <br />Spiritus - The Spirit, when it to Godward doth inflame. <br />These of the Soul the several functions be, <br />Which my Heart, lighten'd by thy love, doth see.<br /><br />Michael Drayton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-xii-that-learned-father/
