Love
Breathe you now, while Io Hymen
From The Lords' Masque (1613)
Love
Breathe you now, while Io Hymen
To the bride we sing:
O how many joys and honours
From this match will spring!
Ever firm the league will prove,
Where only goodness causeth love.
Some for profit seek
What their fancies most disleek:
These love for virtue's sake alone:
Beauty and youth unite them both in one.
✦ ✦ ✦
Codex Note
The Lords' Masque (1613)
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MLA
Campion, Thomas. “Breathe you now, while Io Hymen.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/campion/147/.
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Campion, Thomas. “Breathe you now, while Io Hymen.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/campion/147/.
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