Love

Delay in Love's a Lingering Pain

by William Rowley c. 1585–1626

From Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1889)

Love

I care not for these idle toys
That must be wooed and prayed to;
Come, sweet love, let's use the joys
That men and women use to do.

The first man had a woman
Created for his use, you know;
Then never seek so close to keep
A jewel of a price so low.

Delay in love's a lingering pain
That never can be cured;
Unless that love have love again,
'Tis not to be endured.

MLA

Rowley, William. “Delay in Love's a Lingering Pain.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rowley/1/.

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Rowley, William. “Delay in Love's a Lingering Pain.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rowley/1/.

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