Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG (3), by CHARLES COTTON


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First Line: Prithee, why so angry, sweet?
Last Line: Should kindle, as with amorous fire.
Subject(s): Love


I

PRITHEE, why so angry, Sweet?
'Tis in vain,
To dissemble a disdain,
That frown i' th' infancy I'll meet,
And kiss it to a smile again.

II

In that pretty anger is
Such a grace,
As Love's fancy would embrace,
As to new crimes may Youth entice,
So that disguise becomes that face.

III

When thy rosy cheek thus checks
My offence,
I could sin with a pretence;
Through that sweet chiding blush there breaks,
So fair, so bright an innocence.

IV

Thus your very frowns entrap My desire,
And inflame me to admire
That eyes, dressed in an angry shape,
Should kindle, as with amorous fire.





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