Relationships
Epigram 19. To my very good Friend and Cousin Mr. Roger King
From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)
Ilove, and so do you; but know you whom?
Faith that same party best that first doth come:
And my love is as constant as her stay;
Why should I love her when she goes away?
If you are of the same mind, we are then
Two constant Lovers though not constant men.
We both are still in love, but fix not; for
We the new Object evermore preferr:
And that affection surely is most wise
That comes not from the heart, but from the eyes.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 19. To my very good Friend and Cousin Mr. Roger King.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/62/.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 19. To my very good Friend and Cousin Mr. Roger King.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/62/.
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