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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN EXPOSTULATION WITH LOVE, by PHILIP AYRES Poet's Biography
First Line: Thy laws are most severe, oh winged boy
Last Line: That where we love, we may an equal passion meet.
Subject(s): Love
First Line: Thy laws are most severe, oh winged boy
Last Line: That where we love, we may an equal passion meet.
Subject(s): Love
THY laws are most severe, oh Winged Boy!
For us to love, and not enjoy:
What reason is't we should this pain abide?
If love we must, you might provide,
Either that our affections we restrain,
From her we're sure to love in vain:
Or after our desires so guide our feet,
That where we love, we may an equal passion meet.
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