Love
The Result of Loving
From Poems, chiefly consisting of Satyrs (1689), Songs
Love
Caeli is cruel; Silvia, Thou,
I must confess, art kind;
But in her Cruelty, I vow,
I more repose can find:
For O thy Fancy at all Game does fly,
Fond of Address, and willing to comply.
Thus he that loves must be undone;
Each way on Rocks we fall:
Either you will be kind to none,
Or worse, be kind to all.
Vain are our Hopes, and endless is our Care;
We must be Jealous, or we must despair.
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Gould, Robert. “The Result of Loving.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gould/9/.
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Gould, Robert. “The Result of Loving.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gould/9/.
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