I'll love good wine, Nay, all the Nine; I'll love my real friend, I'll love my horse; and could I choose One that would not my love abuse, To her my heart should bend. I will love those that laugh, and those that sing, I'll love my country, prince and laws, and those that love my King. ALEXANDER BROME. ELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind True, a new mistress now I chase, And, with a stronger faith embrace Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love you, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. Richard Lovelace. THE DIFFERENCE BETWIXT KINGS AND SUBJECTS. WIXT kings and subjects there's this mighty odds, Subjects are taught by men; kings by the gods. Robert Herrick. IN THE WOODS. HRICE happy he who by some shady grove, But doth converse with that eternal love. A DIRGE. LORIES, pleasures, pomps, delights and ease, The outward senses, when the mind Is or untroubled, or by peace refined. Crowns may Love only reigns in death; though art John Ford. |