Love
Love's a Lovely Lad
From Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1889)
Love
Love's a lovely lad,
His bringing-up is beauty;
Who loves him not is mad,
For I must pay him duty;
Now I'm sad.
Hail to those sweet eyes,
That shine celestial wonder!
From thence do flames arise,
Burn my poor heart asunder.
Now it fries.
Cupid sets a crown
Upon those lovely tresses;
O, spoil not with a frown
What he so sweetly dresses!
I'll sit down.
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MLA
Rowley, William. “Love's a Lovely Lad.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rowley/5/.
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Rowley, William. “Love's a Lovely Lad.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rowley/5/.
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