Love
Song (from The Humorous Lieutenant)
From Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1889)
Love
Rise from the shades below,
All you that prove
The helps of looser love!
Rise, and bestow
Upon this cup whatever may compel,
By powerful charm and unresisted spell,
A heart unwarmed to melt in love's desires!
Distil into this liquor all your fires;
Heats, longings, tears;
But keep back frozen fears;
That she may know, that has all power defied,
Art is a power that will not be denied.
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Fletcher, John. “Song (from The Humorous Lieutenant).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fletcher_j/29/.
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Fletcher, John. “Song (from The Humorous Lieutenant).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fletcher_j/29/.
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