Love
Song: This Motion Was of Love Begot
From Love Restored
Love
This motion was of Love begot,
It was so airy, light, and good,
His wings into their feet he shot,
Or else himself into their blood.
But ask not how: the end will prove,
That Love's in them, or they're in Love.
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Codex Note
Headed Song in the masque, after the first dance.
Cite this poem
MLA
Jonson, Ben. “Song: This Motion Was of Love Begot.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/290/.
Chicago
Jonson, Ben. “Song: This Motion Was of Love Begot.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/290/.
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