Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, UPON LOVE (3), by ROBERT HERRICK


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First Line: Love scorch'd my finger, but did spare
Last Line: Ere I wo'd love at all.
Subject(s): Love


Love scorch'd my finger, but did spare
The burning of my heart:
To signifie, in Love my share
Sho'd be a little part.

Little I love; but if that he
Wo'd but that heat recall:
That joynt to ashes sho'd be burnt,
Ere I wo'd love at all.





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