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Love no more is made
By the fireside, but in the cooler shade.
Poems (1640)
Then fly betimes, for only they
Conquer Love that run away.
Poems (1640)
He that loves a rosy cheek,
Or a coral lip admires,
Or from star-like eyes doth seek
Fuel to maintain his fires,—
As old Time makes these decay,
So his flames must waste away.
Poems (1640)
Nor virtue, wit, or beauty, could
Preserve from death's hand this their heav'nly mould.
Poems (1640)
But a smooth and steadfast mind,
Gentle thoughts and calm desires,
Hearts with equal love combined,
Kindle never-dying fires.
Poems (1640)
And old folks say there are no pains
Like itch of love in agèd veins.
Poems (1640)
I thought Love’s plagues, like dragons, sat
Only to fright us at the gate.
Poems (1640)
It is not beauty I demand,
A crystal brow, the moon's despair,
Nor the snow's daughter, a white hand,
Nor mermaid's yellow pride of hair.
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