The Harmony of the muses, or, The gentlemans and ladies choisest recreation full of various, pure and transcendent wit : containing severall excellent poems, some fancies of love, some of disdain, and all the subjects incident to the passionate affections either of men or women
R. C., Donne, John, 1572-1631., King, Henry, 1592-1669., Strode, William, 1600 or 1601-1645.
Ad Amicum.
THou art the Spring, & I the leaveless Tree,
Thou art the flower, and I the toyling Bee;
Thou art the Flax, and I the kindling fire,
I your disdain, but you my hearts desire:
You are the Bride which doth ingage my brest,
My thoughts in yours, though yours elsewhere
do rest:
Say that I rest my lips upon thy cheek,
A wearied love some place of rest must seek,
No pillow softer then those cheeks of thine,
No wearied love more wearied is then mine:
Then be not coy to answer what I require,
You need not blush at what I do defire,
Say that your love doth some way else incline,
Yet I am yours, though you will not be mine.
