Love
Upon Love.
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?
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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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