Love

Sede d'Amore — Madrigal. From Cavalier Guarini

by Charles Cotton 1630–1687

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

Love

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.

MLA

Cotton, Charles. “Sede d'Amore — Madrigal. From Cavalier Guarini.” Translated by Charles Cotton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/264/.

Chicago

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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