Love
In Laudem Amoris
From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1891)
O love, they wrong thee much
That say thy sweet is bitter,
When thy rich fruit is such
As nothing can be sweeter.
Fair house of joy and bliss,
Where truest pleasure is,
I do adore thee;
I know thee what thou art,
I serve thee with my heart,
And fall before thee.
Codex Note
From Captain Tobias Hume's First Part of Airs, 1605. Bullen does not know who wrote the poem.
Cite this poem
MLA
Anonymous (Elizabethan songs). “In Laudem Amoris.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-elizabethan-songs/6/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Elizabethan songs). “In Laudem Amoris.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-elizabethan-songs/6/.
Read this poem with the Codex →