The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702) excluding Seneca and Manilius Introduced and Annotated by F. J. Van Beeck |
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The sweet Meat.
Thou gav'st me late to eat
A sweet without, but within, bitter Meat:
As if thou would'st have said, Here, taste in this
What Cælia is.
A sweet without, but within, bitter Meat:
As if thou would'st have said, Here, taste in this
What Cælia is.
But if there ought to be
A likeness (deerest!) 'twixt thy gift and thee,
VVhy first what's sweet in thee should I not taste,
The bitter last?
A likeness (deerest!) 'twixt thy gift and thee,
VVhy first what's sweet in thee should I not taste,
The bitter last?
| The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702) | |