Love

The Beare of Love

by William Drummond of Hawthornden 1585–1649

Love

IN woods and desart Bounds
A Beast abroad doth Roame,
So loving Sweetnesse and the honey Combe,
It doth despise the armes of Bees and wounds▪
I by like pleasure led▪
To prove what Heavens did place
Of sweet on you… faire face,
Whilst there with I am fed,
Rest carelesse (Beare of Love) of hellish smart,
And how those Eyes afflict and wound my Heart.

MLA

Drummond, William, of Hawthornden. “The Beare of Love.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/drummond/200/.

Chicago

Drummond, William, of Hawthornden. “The Beare of Love.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/drummond/200/.

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