Love
Fly Hence, Shadows!
From Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1889)
Love
Fly hence, shadows, that do keep
Watchful sorrows charmed in sleep!
Tho' the eyes be overtaken,
Yet the heart doth ever waken
Thoughts, chained up in busy snares
Of continual woes and cares:
Love and griefs are so exprest
As they rather sigh than rest.
Fly hence, shadows, that do keep
Watchful sorrows charmed in sleep!
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MLA
Ford, John. “Fly Hence, Shadows!” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ford_j/0/.
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Ford, John. “Fly Hence, Shadows!” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ford_j/0/.
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