Love
Dorinda's sparkling wit and eyes
From Lyra Elegantiarum, ed. Frederick Locker (London: E. Moxon, 1867)
Love
Dorinda's sparkling wit and eyes,
United, cast too fierce a light,
Which blazes high, but quickly dies;
Pains not the heart, but hurts the sight.
Love is a calmer, gentler joy:
Smooth are his looks, and soft his pace;
Her Cupid is a blackguard boy,
That runs his link full in your face.
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Sackville, Charles, Earl of Dorset. “Dorinda's sparkling wit and eyes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dorset_c/2/.
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Sackville, Charles, Earl of Dorset. “Dorinda's sparkling wit and eyes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dorset_c/2/.
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