Love
Song to His Mistress
From Miscellaneous Works (Waller, 1907)
Love
WHILST I am scorch'd with hot Desire,
In vain, cold Friendship you return ;
Your Drops of Pity on my Fire,
Alas ! but make it fiercer burn.
Ah ! wou'd you have the Flame supprest
That kills the Heart it heals too fast,
Take half my Passion to your Breast,
The rest in Mine shall ever last.
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Prior, Matthew. “Song to His Mistress.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/prior/125/.
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Prior, Matthew. “Song to His Mistress.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/prior/125/.
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