Love

Cupid Proved a Fencer

by Francis Davison c. 1575–c. 1619

From A Poetical Rhapsody (1602), ed. A. H. Bullen (1890–91)

Love

Ah Cupid, I mistook thee:
I for an archer, and no fencer took thee.
But as a fencer oft feigns blows and thrusts,
Where he intends no harm,
Then turns his baleful arm,
And wounds that part which least his foe mistrusts;

So thou, with fencing art,
Feigning to wound mine eyes, hast hit my heart.

MLA

Davison, Francis. “Cupid Proved a Fencer.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davison/66/.

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Davison, Francis. “Cupid Proved a Fencer.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davison/66/.

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