Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO MISTRESSE AMIE POTTER, by ROBERT HERRICK


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First Line: Ai me! I love, give him your hand to kisse
Last Line: Wooers have tongues of ice, but burning hearts.
Subject(s): Courtship


Ai me! I love, give him your hand to kisse
Who both your wooer, and your Poet is.
Nature has pre-compos'd us both to Love;
Your part's to grant; my Scean must be to move.
Deare, can you like, and liking love your Poet?
If you say (I) Blush-guiltinesse will shew it.
Mine eyes must wooe you; (though I sigh the while)
True Love is tonguelesse as a Crocodile.
And you may find in Love these differing Parts;
Wooers have Tongues of Ice, but burning hearts.





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