The poems of John Wilmot: Earl of Rochester Edited by Keith Walker |
 |
| 3 |  |
| 2 |
[[Leave this gawdy guilded Stage]] |
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 | The poems of John Wilmot: Earl of Rochester |  |
[[Leave this gawdy guilded Stage]]
Leave this gawdy guilded StageFrom custome more than use frequented
Where fooles of either sex and age
Crowd to see themselves presented.
To loves Theatre the Bed
Youth and beauty fly together
And Act soe well it may be said
The Lawrell there was due to either.
Twixt strifes of Love and war the difference Lies in this
When neither overcomes Loves triumph greater is.
| The poems of John Wilmot: Earl of Rochester | |