Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE ASSIGNATION: SONG, by JOHN DRYDEN


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First Line: Long betwixt love and fear phillis tormented
Last Line: That I'm forsaken.
Subject(s): Fear; Fire; Hearts; Love; Night; Singing & Singers; Bedtime; Songs


LONG betwixt Love and fear Phillis tormented
Shun'd her own wish yet at last she consented:
But loath that day shou'd her Blushes discover,
Come, gentle Night She said,
Come quickly to my aid,
And a poor Shamefac'd Maid
Hide from her Lover.

Now cold as Ice I am, now hot as Fire,
I dare not tell my self my own desire;
But let Day fly away, and let Night haste her:
Grant ye kind Powers above,
Slow Hours to parting Love,
But when to Bliss we move,
Bid 'em fly faster.

How sweet it is to Love when I discover
That Fire which burns my Heart warming my Lover;
'Tis Pity Love so true shou'd be mistaken:
But if this Night he be
False or unkinde to me,
Let me dye ere I see
That I'm forsaken.





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