(10 July 1640 – 16 April 1689 / Wye, England)

poet Aphra Behn
#438 on top 500 poets

Poems of Aphra Behn

1. A Congratulatory Poem 12/31/2002
2. A Thousand Martyrs I Have Made 5/9/2001
3. Epitaph on the Tombstone of a Child 5/9/2001
4. Love Arm'd 1/3/2003
5. On the Death of E. Waller, Esq. 12/31/2002
6. Song 12/31/2002
7. Song : 'Love Armed' 1/1/2004
8. Song from Abdelazar 5/9/2001
9. The Disappointment 12/31/2002
10. The Dream 1/3/2003
11. The Libertine 1/4/2003
12. The Willing Mistress 3/31/2012
13. To the Fair Clarinda 5/9/2001

Song

Oh love! that stronger art than Wine,
Pleasing Delusion, Witchery divine,
Wont to be priz'd above all Wealth,
Disease that has more Joys than Health;
Though we blaspheme thee in our Pain,
And of Tyranny complain,
We are all better'd by thy Reign.

What Reason never can bestow,

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