Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MY LOVE, by JOHN SUCKLING Recitation Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: I prithee send me back my heart Last Line: As much as she has mine. Variant Title(s): Song Subject(s): Courtship | ||||||||
I PRITHEE send me back my heart, Since I cannot have thine; For it from yours you will not part, Why then shouldst thou have mine? Yet, now I think on 't, let it lie; To find it were in vain; For thou'st a thief in either eye Would steal it back again. Why should two hearts in one breast lie, And yet not lodge together? O Love! where is thy sympathy If thus our breasts thou sever? But love is such a mystery, I cannot find it out; For when I think I'm best resolved I then am most in doubt. Then farewell care, and farewell woe; I will no longer pine; For I'll believe I have her heart As much as she has mine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AS YOU WALK OUT ONE MORNING by GLYN MAXWELL TALE OF THE MAYOR'S SON by GLYN MAXWELL THE RIVALS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON MARJORIE'S WOOING by EMMA LAZARUS THE FORTUNATE SPILL by MARILYN NELSON REQUEST TO LEDA by DYLAN THOMAS A BALLAD UPON A WEDDING by JOHN SUCKLING A SUPPLEMENT OF AN IMPERFECT COPY OF VERSES OF MR. WILL. SHAKESPEARE'S by JOHN SUCKLING |
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