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Michael Drayton on Valentine's Day

1563–1631 England

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Saith she, “Yet liever I were dead,
Than I should lose my maidenhead,
And all for love of men.”

I pray thee leave, love me no more,
Call home the heart you gave me,
I but in vain the saint adore,
That can, but will not, save me.

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