Love

ANSWER:

by Sir Charles Sedley 1639–1701

Love

THirsis, I wish, as well as you,
To Honour there were nothing due▪
Then would I pay my debt of love
In the same coin that you approve;
Which now you must in friendship take,
Tis all the payment I can make;
Friendship so high, that I must say,
Tis rather love with some allay.
And rest contented, since that I
As well my self as you deny.
Learn then of me bravely to bear
The want of what you hold most dear;
And that which Honour does in me,
Let my example work on thee.

MLA

Sedley, Charles. “ANSWER.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sedley/2/.

Chicago

Sedley, Charles. “ANSWER.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sedley/2/.

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