Love
Foco di sdegno — From Cavalier Guarini. Madrigal
Translated by Charles Cotton (1689) · From Poems on Several Occasions (1689)
Fair, and Ealse, I burn 'tis true,
But by Love am no ways moved;
Since your Falshood renders you
So unfit to be beloved.
Tigress then, that you no more,
May triumph it in my smart;
It is fit you know before,
That I now have cur'd my Heart.
Henceforth then if I do Mourn,
And that still I live in pain.
With another flame I burn;
Not with Love; but with Disdain.
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MLA
Cotton, Charles. “Foco di sdegno — From Cavalier Guarini. Madrigal.” Translated by Charles Cotton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/265/.
Chicago
Cotton, Charles. “Foco di sdegno — From Cavalier Guarini. Madrigal.” Translated by Charles Cotton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/265/.
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