Love

Her Heart and Mine — Out of Astrea

by Charles Cotton 1630–1687

Translated by Charles Cotton (1689) · From Poems on Several Occasions (1689)

Love

Well may I say that our two Hearts
Composed are of flinty Rock;
Mine as resisting rigorous Darts;
Yours as it can indure the shock
Of Love, and of my Tears, and Smart.

But when I weigh the griefs, whereby
My Suff'rings I perpetuate,
[…] say, in this extremity,
In Constancy, that I am that
Rock, which you are in Cruelty.

MLA

Cotton, Charles. “Her Heart and Mine — Out of Astrea.” Translated by Charles Cotton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/188/.

Chicago

Cotton, Charles. “Her Heart and Mine — Out of Astrea.” Translated by Charles Cotton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/188/.

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