Love

O sweet delight, O more than human bliss

by Thomas Campion 1567–1620

From The Third Book of Airs (c. 1617)

Love

O sweet delight, O more than human bliss,
With her to live that ever loving is;
To hear her speak, whose words are so well placed,
That she by them, as they in her are graced:
Those looks to view, that feast the viewer's eye,
How blest is he that may so live and die!

Such love as this the golden times did know,
When all did reap, yet none took care to sow;
Such love as this an endless summer makes,
And all distaste from frail affection takes.
So loved, so blessed, in my beloved am I;
Which till their eyes ache, let iron men envy!

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The Third Book of Airs (c. 1617)

MLA

Campion, Thomas. “O sweet delight, O more than human bliss.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/campion/88/.

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Campion, Thomas. “O sweet delight, O more than human bliss.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/campion/88/.

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