Love

The Shepherd's Brawl, one half answering the other

by Sir Philip Sidney 1554–1586

From England's Helicon (1600), ed. A. H. Bullen (1887)

Love

1. "We love, and have our loves rewarded.
2. We love, and are no whit regarded.
1. We find most sweet affection's snare.
2. That sweet but sour despairful care.
1. Who can despair whom hope doth bear?
2. And who can hope that feels despair?
All. As without breath no pipe doth move,'
No music kindly without love.

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Signed "Sir Phil. Sidney" in England's Helicon.

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Sidney, Philip. “The Shepherd's Brawl, one half answering the other.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sidney/155/.

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Sidney, Philip. “The Shepherd's Brawl, one half answering the other.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sidney/155/.

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