Love

The Indifferent

by Thomas Flatman 1635–1688

From Poems and Songs (1686)

Love

Prithee confess for my sake and your own,
Am I the man or no?
If I am he, thou canst not do 't too soon,
If not, thou canst not be too slow.
If Woman cannot love, Man's folly's great
Your sex with so much zeal to treat;
But if we freely proffer to pursue
Our tender thoughts and spotless love,
Which nothing shall remove,
And you despise all this, pray what are you?

MLA

Flatman, Thomas. “The Indifferent.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/flatman/49/.

Chicago

Flatman, Thomas. “The Indifferent.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/flatman/49/.

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