Love
The Glove
From Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1889)
Love
Thou more than most sweet glove,
Unto my more sweet love,
Suffer me to store with kisses
This empty lodging that now misses
The pure rosy hand that ware thee,
Whiter than the kid that bare thee.
Thou art soft, but that was softer;
Cupid's self hath kissed it ofter
Than e'er he did his mother's doves,
Supposing her the queen of loves,
That was thy mistress, best of gloves.
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Jonson, Ben. “The Glove.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/35/.
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Jonson, Ben. “The Glove.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/35/.
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