Love

Upon Love.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Love

I Held Love's head while it did ake;
But so it chanc't to be;
The cruell paine did his forsake,
And forthwith came to me.

Ai me! How shal my griefe be stil'd?
Or where else shall we find
One like to me, who must be kill'd
For being too-too-kind?

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Upon Love.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/510/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Upon Love.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/510/.

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