Love
Cupid, Pardon What Is Past
From Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1889)
Cupid, pardon what is past,
And forgive our sins at last!
Then we will be coy no more,
But thy deity adore;
Troths at fifteen we will plight,
And will tread a dance each night,
In the fields, or by the fire,
With the youths that have desire.
Given ear-rings we will wear,
Bracelets of our lovers' hair,
Which they on our arms shall twist,
With their names carved, on our wrist;
All the money that we owe
We in tokens will bestow;
And learn to write that, when 'tis sent,
Only our loves know what is meant.
Oh, then pardon what is past,
And forgive our sins at last!
Codex Note
Listed by Bullen under Beaumont and Fletcher jointly.
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MLA
Fletcher, John. “Cupid, Pardon What Is Past.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fletcher_j/6/.
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Fletcher, John. “Cupid, Pardon What Is Past.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fletcher_j/6/.
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