Love

The Happy Lover

by Philip Ayres 1638–1712

From Lyric Poems, Made in Imitation of the Italians (1687)

Love

HARK Lovers, hark, and I shall tell
A Wonder that will please you well;
She, whom I lov'd as my own Heart,
For whom I sigh'd and suffer'd Smart;
Whom I above the World admir'd:
When I approach'd, who still retir'd:
Was so reserv'd, but yet so fair,
An Angel to what others are:
Her self from Love escapes not free,
The Man belov'd? 'Tis happy I am He.

MLA

Ayres, Philip. “The Happy Lover.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ayres/68/.

Chicago

Ayres, Philip. “The Happy Lover.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ayres/68/.

Read this poem with the Codex →

More by Philip Ayres