To the Celestial Numbers <br /> <br />To this our world, to Learning, and to Heav'n, <br />Three Nines there are, to every one a Nine, <br />One number of the Earth, the other both divine; <br />One woman now makes three odd numbers ev'n. <br />Nine Orders first of Angels be in Heav'n, <br />Nine Muses do with Learning still frequent: <br />These with the Gods are ever resident; <br />Nine Worthy Women to the world were giv'n. <br />My Worthy One to these Nine Worthies addeth, <br />And my fair Muse one Muse unto the Nine, <br />And my good Angel, in my soul divine, <br />With one more Order these Nine Orders gladdeth; <br />My Muse, my Worthy, and my Angel then <br />Makes every One of these three Nines a Ten.<br /><br />Michael Drayton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-xviii-to-this-our-world/
