Love

Thrice toss these oaken ashes in the air

by Thomas Campion 1567–1620

From The Third Book of Airs (c. 1617)

Love

Thrice toss these oaken ashes in the air,
Thrice sit thou mute in this enchanted chair;
And thrice three times, tie up this true love's knot!
And murmur soft "She will, or she will not."
Go burn these poisonous weeds in yon blue fire,
These screech-owl's feathers and this prickling briar;
This cypress gathered at a dead man's grave;
That all thy fears and cares, an end may have.
Then come, you Fairies, dance with me a round!
Melt her hard heart with your melodious sound!
In vain are all the charms I can devise:
She hath an art to break them with her eyes.

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The Third Book of Airs (c. 1617)

MLA

Campion, Thomas. “Thrice toss these oaken ashes in the air.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/campion/85/.

Chicago

Campion, Thomas. “Thrice toss these oaken ashes in the air.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/campion/85/.

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