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First Line: I burn, and cruel you in vain
Last Line: Till you burn, as well as I.
Subject(s): Desire; Love - Unrequited


I BURN, and cruel you in vain
Hope to quench me with disdain;
If from your eyes those sparkles came
That have kindled all this flame,
What boots it me, though now you shroud
Those fierce comets in a cloud?
Since all the flames that I have felt
Could your snow yet never melt:
Nor can your snow, though you should take
Alps into your bosom, slake
The heat of my enamour'd heart.
But, with wonder, learn Love's art:
No seas of ice can cool desire,
Equal flames must quench Love's fire.
Then think not that my heat can die,
Till you burn, as well as I.





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