Love
A Song (II)
From Poems, Chiefly Pastoral (1766)
He that Love hath never try'd,
Nor had Cupid for his guide,
Cannot hit the passage right
To the palace of delight.
What are honours, regal wealth,
Florid youth, and rosy health?
Without Love, his tribute brings
Impotent, unmeaning things!
Gentle shepherds, persevere,
Still be tender, still sincere;
Love, and Time united, do
Wonders, if the heart be true.
Codex Note
Text from the Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO-TCP transcription (TCP K093533), Poems, Chiefly Pastoral (1766).
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Cunningham, John. “A Song (II).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cunningham_j/76/.
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Cunningham, John. “A Song (II).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cunningham_j/76/.
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