Love

Song: 'I will not trust thy tempting graces'

by Thomas Stanley 1625–1678

Love

I will not trust thy tempting graces,
Or thy deceitful charms;
Nor pris'ner be to thy embraces,
Or fetter'd in thy arms;
No, Celia, no, not all thy art
Can wound or captivate my heart.

I will not gaze upon thy eyes,
Or wanton with thy hair,
Lest those should burn me by surprise,
Or these my soul ensnare;
Nor with those smiling dangers play,
Or fool my liberty away.

Since then my wary heart is free,
And unconfin'd as thine,
If thou wouldst mine should captiv'd be,
Thou must thine own resign,
And gratitude may thus move more
Than Love or Beauty could before.

MLA

Stanley, Thomas. “Song: 'I will not trust thy tempting graces'.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/stanley/51/.

Chicago

Stanley, Thomas. “Song: 'I will not trust thy tempting graces'.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/stanley/51/.

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