Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CAPTIVE LOVER, by HENRY LAWES


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First Line: If my mistress fix her eye
Last Line: But with one good look a day.
Subject(s): Courtship; Love


IF my Mistress fix her eye
On these ruder lines of mine,
Let them tell her how I lie
Fettered by her looks divine;
Tell her it is only she
Can release and set me free.

Tell her yet 'tis my desire
To remain her captive still;
Neither can I aim at higher
Hope or fortune than her will;
So she will my thraldom pay
But with one good look a day.





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