(1563 - 1618 / England)

poet Joshua Sylvester

Poems of Joshua Sylvester

1. A Contented Mind 4/20/2010
2. Constancy 4/20/2010
3. Du Bartas, His Divine Weeks and Works (excerpt) 1/1/2004
4. Love's Omnipresence 4/20/2010
5. The Father 4/20/2010
6. The Glorious Stars of Heaven 4/20/2010
7. They say that shadows of deceased ghosts 1/1/2004
8. To His Coy Love 1/1/2004
9. Ubique 1/4/2003

To His Coy Love

I pray thee, leave, love me no more,
Call home the heart you gave me!
I but in vain that saint adore
Tat can but will not save me.
These poor half-kisses kill me quite
Was ever man thus served?
Amidst an ocean of delight
For pleasure to be starved?
Show me no more those snowy breasts

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