LOVE ARMED
by: Aphra Behn
- OVE in fantastic
triumph sat,
- Whilst bleeding hearts around him flowed,
- For whom fresh pains he did create,
- And strange tyrannic power he showed,
- From thy bright eyes he took his fire,
- Which round about, in sport he hurled;
- But 'twas from mine, he took desire,
- Enough to undo the amorous world.
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- From me he took his sighs and tears,
- From thee his pride and cruelty;
- From me his languishments and fears,
- And every killing dart from thee;
- Thus thou and I, the god have armed,
- And set him up a deity;
- But my poor heart alone is harmed,
- Whilst thine the victor is, and free.
'Love Armed' first appeared as 'Love
in fantastic triumph sat' in Abdelazer (1677). It was
reprinted in Poems on Several Occasions in 1684; the 1684
version is printed here. |
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