Love

A Song: My dear Mistress has a Heart

by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester 1647–1680

From Works (1718)

Love

My dear Mistress has a Heart
Soft as those kind Looks she gave me,
When with Love's resistless Art,
And her Eyes, she did enslave me.
But her Constancy's so weak,
She's so wild, and apt to wander;
That my jealous Heart wou'd break,
Should we live one Day asunder.

Melting Joys about her move,
Killing Pleasures, wounding Blisses;
She can dress her Eyes in Love,
And her Lips can arm with Kisses.
Angels listen when she speaks,
She's my Delight, all Mankind wonder:
But my jealous Heart would break,
Should we live one Day asunder.

MLA

Wilmot, John, Earl of Rochester. “A Song: My dear Mistress has a Heart.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rochester/29/.

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Wilmot, John, Earl of Rochester. “A Song: My dear Mistress has a Heart.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rochester/29/.

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