Advice To A Lover Poem by Anonymous

Advice To A Lover

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The sea hath many thousand sands,
The sun hath motes as many;
The sky is full of stars, and Love
As full of woes as any:
Believe me, that do know the elf,
And make no trial by thyself!

It is in truth a pretty toy
For babes to play withal:
But O, the honies of our youth
Are oft our age's gall:
Self-proof in time will make thee know
He was a prophet told thee so:

A prophet that, Cassandra-like,
Tells truth without belief;
For headstrong Youth will run his race,
Although his goal be grief: -
Love's Martyr, when his heat is past,
Proves Care's Confessor at the last.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Britte Ninad 14 August 2018

what is truth? what is belief? is the truth is belief? is the belief is truth?

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Ruta Mohapatra 31 July 2018

' For headstrong Youth will run his race, Although his goal be grief: - Love's Martyr, when his heat is past, Proves Care's Confessor at the last'.........So true!

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Chukwuebuka Adebayo 30 July 2016

Greatly Penned.Times And Tides are washing the earth away!

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