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First Line: These plaintive verse, the posts of my desire
Last Line: My love affects no fame, nor 'steems of art.
Subject(s): Love


These plaintive verse, the posts of my desire,
Which haste for succor to her slow regard,
Bear not report of any slender fire,
Forging a grief to win a fame's reward.
Nor are my passions limned for outward hue,
For that no colors can depaint my sorrows;
Delia herself and all the world may view
Best in my face how cares hath tilled deep furrows.
No bays I seek to deck my mourning brow,
O clear-eyed Rector of the holy Hill;
My humble accents crave the olive bough
Of her mild pity and relenting will.
These lines I use t' unburden mine own heart;
My love affects no fame, nor 'steems of art.





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