Love

My thoughts hold mortal strife

by William Drummond of Hawthornden 1585–1649

From The Golden Treasury, ed. F. T. Palgrave (1861)

Love

My thoughts hold mortal strife;
I do detest my life,
And with lamenting cries
Peace to my soul to bring
Oft call that prince which here doth monarchise:
--But he, grim grinning King,
Who caitiffs scorns, and doth the blest surprise,
Late having deck'd with beauty's rose his tomb,
Disdains to crop a weed, and will not come.

MLA

Drummond, William, of Hawthornden. “My thoughts hold mortal strife.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/drummond/223/.

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Drummond, William, of Hawthornden. “My thoughts hold mortal strife.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/drummond/223/.

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