Love
To a Lady, saying I ought to Marry her, because she Lov'd me
From Amasia (1700), Vol. III
Love
Thus must I pay, by smarting, for your Wound;
If you be Conquer'd, why should I be bound?
O never more to such entreaties move,
You would not have me hate you, if you Love?
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MLA
Hopkins, John. “To a Lady, saying I ought to Marry her, because she Lov'd me.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hopkins_john/117/.
Chicago
Hopkins, John. “To a Lady, saying I ought to Marry her, because she Lov'd me.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hopkins_john/117/.
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