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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MERTILL WHO DESIRED HER TO SPEAK TO CLORINDA OF HIS LOVE, by ELIZABETH TAYLOR
First Line: Mertill though my heart should break
Last Line: Or fear to lose, -- but you.
Subject(s): Death; Hearts; Love; Dead, The
First Line: Mertill though my heart should break
Last Line: Or fear to lose, -- but you.
Subject(s): Death; Hearts; Love; Dead, The
Mertill Though my heart should break,
In granting thy desire,
To cold Clorinda I will speak,
And warm her, with my fire.
To save thee from approaching harm,
My Death I will obey.
To save thee, sinking in the Storm,
I'll cast my self away.
May her Charms equal those of thine!
No words can e're express,
And let her Love be great as mine,
Which thee wou'd only bless.
May you still prove her faithful slave,
And she so kind and true,
She nothing may desire to have,
Or fear to Lose, -- but you.
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