Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more.
Richard Lovelace
I could not love you, dear, so muchLoved I not honor more
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I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not Honor more.
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TELL me not, Sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As thou too shalt adore; I could not love thee, Dear, so much, Loved I not Honour more.
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Though Seas and Land betwixt us both, Our Faith and Troth, Like separated soules, All time and space controules: Above the highest sphere wee meet Unseene, unknowne, and greet as Angels greet.
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If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, - Angels alone that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
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Love, then unstinted, Love did sip, And cherries plucked fresh from the lip; On cheeks and roses free he fed; Lasses like autumn plums did drop, And lads indifferently did crop A flower and a maidenhead.
Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, Angels alone that soar above Enjoy such liberty.
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Then Love, I beg, when next thou takest thy bow, Thy angry shafts, and dost heart-chasing go, Pass rascal deer, strike me the largest doe.
Oh, could you view the melody Of every grace And music of her face, You'd drop a tear; Seeing more harmony In her bright eye Than now you hear.
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When I lie tangled in her hair, And fettered to her eye, The gods that wanton in the air Know no such liberty.
Fishes that tipple in the deep, Know no such liberty.
Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage.
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