Love

SONG.

by Richard Lovelace 1617–1657

Love

IN mine one Monument I lye,
And in my Self am buried;
Sure the quick Lightning of her Eye
Melted my Soul ith' Scabberd, dead;
And now like some pale ghost I walk,
…nd with anothers Spirit talk.

Nor can her beams a heat convey
That may my frozen bosome warm,
Unless her Smiles have pow'r, as they
That a cross charm can countercharm;
But this is such a pleasing pain,
I'm loth to be alive again.

MLA

Lovelace, Richard. “SONG.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lovelace/19/.

Chicago

Lovelace, Richard. “SONG.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lovelace/19/.

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