The Phanseys of William Cavendish Marquis of Newcastle addressed to Margaret Lucas and her Letters in reply: Edited by Douglas Grant |
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Love's Snake
To say wee'r like one Snake, not Us disgrases,
That winds, delights it selfe, with selfe Imbrases,
Lappinge, Involvinge, in a thousand rings,
It selfe thus tieinge by love's phansy'd winges;
And so doe wee. Cutt her in peeces all,
Throw them away, those peeces ne'er so small,
They'le come together, whersoe'er they light,
And glu'de so fast, such force hath love's delight,
And thus made one; and so are wee, and then
Wee, but a word, peeces made whole agen.
Ther is no wee, but one thinge still doth move,
One Matter still, the purer parte of love,
And that for grosser braynes is still cal'd wee,
For none but puer Soles sees this Misterie.
Thus like one Snake, batinge her Venum; true,
Instead of that, our's balsum of Perue:
Love hath no Venum, Poyson, in't att all,
But is all sweetnes and Balsamicall.
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