Love

Come, Celia, let's agree at last

by John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham and Normanby 1648–1721

From The Home Book of Verse, ed. Burton Egbert Stevenson (1918)

Love

Come, Celia, let's agree at last
To love and live in quiet;
Let's tie the knot so very fast
That time shall ne'er untie it.

Love's dearest joys they never prove,
Who free from quarrels live;
'Tis sure a godlike part of love
Each other to forgive.

When least I seemed concerned I took
No pleasure, nor had rest;
And when I feigned an angry look,
Alas! I loved you best.

Say but the same to me, you'll find
How blest will be our fate;
Sure to be grateful, to be kind,
Can never be too late.

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Sheffield, John, Duke of Buckingham and Normanby. “Come, Celia, let's agree at last.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sheffield_j/2/.

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Sheffield, John, Duke of Buckingham and Normanby. “Come, Celia, let's agree at last.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sheffield_j/2/.

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