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Matthew Prior on Love

1664–1721 England

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In argument
Similes are like songs in love:
They must describe; they nothing prove.

And oft the pangs of absence to remove
By letters, soft interpreters of love.

No, traytress, angry Love replies,
She’s hid somewhere about thy breast,
A place nor God nor man denies,
For Venus’ dove the proper nest.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Matthew Prior (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.