Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by SIDNEY GODOLPHIN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Or love me less or love me more Last Line: Which for my sake you do put on. Subject(s): Happiness; Joy; Delight | ||||||||
OR love me less, or love me more, And play not with my liberty, Either take all, or all restore, Bind me at least, or set me free, Let me some nobler torture find Than of a doubtful wavering mind, Take all my peace, but you betray Mine honour too this cruel way. 'Tis true that I have nurst before That hope of which I now complain, And having little, sought no more, Fearing to meet with your disdain: The sparks of favour you did give, I gently blow to make them live: And yet have gain'd by all this care No rest in hope, nor in despair. I see you wear that pitying smile Which you have still vouchsaf't my smart, Content thus cheaply to beguile And entertain an harmless heart: But I no longer can give way To hope, which doth so little pay; And yet I dare no freedom owe Whilst you are kind, though but in show. Then give me more or give me less, Do not disdain a mutual sense, Or you unpitying beauties dress In their own free indifference. But show not a severer eye Sooner to give me Liberty, For I shall love the very scorn Which for my sake you do put on. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE STUDY OF HAPPINESS by KENNETH KOCH SO MUCH HAPPINESS by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE CROWD CONDITIONS by JOHN ASHBERY I WILL NOT BE CLAIMED by MARVIN BELL THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#21): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN'S HAPPINESS by MARVIN BELL A DIALOGUE BETWEEN A LOVER AND HIS MISTRESS by SIDNEY GODOLPHIN |
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