Love
To Cupid.
From Hesperides (1648)
Love
I Have a leaden, thou a shaft of gold;
Thou kil'st with heate, and I strike dead with cold.
Let's trie of us who shall the first expire;
Or thou be frost, or I by quenchlesse fire:
Extreames are fatall, where they once doe strike,
And bring to'th' heart destruction both alike.
Cite this poem
MLA
Herrick, Robert. “To Cupid.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1129/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “To Cupid.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1129/.
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