Love
Of Love and Liking
From Clarastella (1650), Poems, &c.
Love
To like or not to like, doth lie
In the election of a curious eio:
But should I only what I see approve,
This were but liking and not love.
Or t'would be general, as Boys
At the first sight long for their glorious toys,
Which they embrace til fresh varietie
Shews fairer objects to the eie.
Go Muse! and let my Stella know
I like her person wel: but tel her too!
I love her soul with mine, and thus I find
When out of sight she's in my mind.
Cite this poem
MLA
Heath, Robert. “Of Love and Liking.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/25/.
Chicago
Heath, Robert. “Of Love and Liking.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/25/.
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