Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG (2); SET BY MR. COLEMAN, by CHARLES COTTON



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First Line: Bring back my comfort, and return
Last Line: Destroy my tedious day, my longing night.
Subject(s): Coleman, Edward (d. 1669); Love


I

BRING back my comfort, and return,
For well thou know'st that I
In such a vigorous passion burn,
That missing thee, I die.
Return, return, insult no more,
Return, return, and me restore
To those sequester'd joys I had before.

II

Absence, in most, that quenches love,
And cools the warm desire,
The ardour of my heat improves,
And makes the flame aspire;
Th' opinion therefore I deny,
And term it, though a tyranny,
The nurse to Faith, and Truth, and Constancy.

III

Yet Dear, I do not urge thy stay,
That were to prove unjust
To my desires; nor court delay:
But ah! thy speed I must;
Then bring me back the stol'n delight
Snatch't from me in thy speedy flight,
Destroy my tedious day, my longing night.





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