Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RIVALRY IN LOVE, by WILLIAM WALSH (1663-1707)


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First Line: Of all the torments, all the cares
Last Line: But not another's hope.
Variant Title(s): Rivals In Love
Subject(s): Love - Complaints


OF all the torments, all the cares,
With which our lives are curst;
Of all the plagues a lover bears,
Sure rivals are the worst!
By partners in each other kind,
Afflictions easier grow;
In love alone we hate to find
Companions of our woe.
Sylvia, for all the pangs you see
Are laboring in my breast,
I beg not you would favor me; --
Would you but slight the rest!
How great soe'er your rigors are,
With them alone I'll cope;
I can endure my own despair,
But not another's hope.




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