Love
Epigram III. On a Lover
Translated by Alexander Brome (1664) · From Songs and Other Poems (1664)
Love
What various griefs within my breast do grow?
I burn, yet from my flames my tears do flow.
I'm Nile, and Aetna both together grown,
For the same grief does both enflame and drown.
O let my tears, make my strong flames expire,
Or let my tears be drunk up by my fire.
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Brome, Alexander. “Epigram III. On a Lover.” Translated by Alexander Brome. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/brome/168/.
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Brome, Alexander. “Epigram III. On a Lover.” Translated by Alexander Brome. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/brome/168/.
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