Love

Cælia: "Lo, I the man"

by William Browne of Tavistock 1590–1645

From Pastoral Poetry (Pembroke Booklets)

Love

Lo, I the man that whilom lov'd and lost,
Not dreading loss, do sing again of love;
And like a man but lately tempest-toss'd,
Try if my stars still inauspicious prove:
Not to make good that poets never can
Long time without a chosen mistress be,
Do I sing thus; or my affections ran
Within the maze of mutability;
What last I lov'd was beauty of the mind,
And that lodg'd in a temple truly fair,
Which ruin'd now by death, if I can find
The saint that liv'd therein some otherwhere,
I may adore it there, and love the cell
For entertaining what I lov'd so well.

MLA

Tavistock, William Browne of. “Cælia: "Lo, I the man".” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/browne_w/22/.

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