Love
Sede d'Amore — Madrigal. From Cavalier Guarini
Translated by Charles Cotton (1689) · From Poems on Several Occasions (1689)
Tell me Cupid, where's thy Nest,
In Clora's Eyes, or in my Breast?
When I do behold her Rays,
I conclude it in her Face:
But when I consider how
They both wound, and burn me too,
I conclude then by my smart,
Thou inhabits in my Heart.
Mighty Love, to shew thy Power,
Though it be but for an Hour,
Let me beg without Offence,
Thou wilt shift thy Residence,
And erect thy self a Nest,
In my Eyes, and in her Breast.
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Cotton, Charles. “Sede d'Amore — Madrigal. From Cavalier Guarini.” Translated by Charles Cotton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/264/.
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Cotton, Charles. “Sede d'Amore — Madrigal. From Cavalier Guarini.” Translated by Charles Cotton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/264/.
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