Love
Impromptu to a Lady
Translated by J. H. Wiffen (1823) · From The Works of Garcilasso de la Vega (1823)
Love
Lady! from this net and coil
We must gather, that you cast
From you, in an hour, the toil
Of the four and twenty past.
If at passers-by you send
The fair work your fingers do,
How think you to discommend
That which others weave for you!
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Vega, Garcilaso de la. “Impromptu to a Lady.” Translated by J. H. Wiffen. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/garcilaso/51/.
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Vega, Garcilaso de la. “Impromptu to a Lady.” Translated by J. H. Wiffen. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/garcilaso/51/.
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