Love
Phillis, men say that all my vows
From Lyra Elegantiarum, ed. Frederick Locker (London: E. Moxon, 1867)
Love
Phillis, men say that all my vows
Are to thy fortune paid;
Alas! my heart he little knows,
Who thinks my love a trade.
Were I of all these woods the lord,
One berry from thy hand
More real pleasure would afford
Than all my large command.
My humble love has learn'd to live
On what the nicest maid.
Without a conscious blush, may give
Beneath the myrtle shade.
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Sedley, Charles. “Phillis, men say that all my vows.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sedley/93/.
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Sedley, Charles. “Phillis, men say that all my vows.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sedley/93/.
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