Love Poems – Page 2
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Sonnet 141
In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes, / For they in thee a thousand errors note; / But ’tis my heart that loves what they despise, … -
Sonnet 153
Cupid laid by his brand and fell asleep: / A maid of Dian’s this advantage found, / And his love-kindling fire did quickly steep … -
Song: To Celia
Drink to me, only, with thine eyes, / And I will pledge with mine; / Or leave a kisse but in the cup, … -
Still to be Neat
Still to be neat, still to be drest, / As you were going to a feast; / Still to be powder'd, still perfum'd: … -
The Hour-Glass
Consider this small dust, here in the glass, / By atoms moved: / Could you believe that this the body was … -
An Argument
I've oft been told by learned friars, / That wishing and the crime are one, / And Heaven punishes desires … -
Did Not
'Twas a new feeling - something more / Than we had dared to own before, / Which then we hid not; … -
Retort
Thou art a fool," said my head to my heart, / "Indeed, the greatest of fools thou art, / To be led astray by trick of a tress, … -
If
If life were but a dream, my Love, / And death the waking time; / If day had not a beam, my Love, … -
Life
A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in, / A minute to smile and an hour to weep in, / A pint of joy to a peck of trouble, …
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