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Upon Love (2)

by Robert Herrick, 1648

Love’s a thing, as I do hear,
Ever full of pensive fear;
Rather than to which I’ll fall,
Trust me, I’ll not like at all.
If to love I should intend,
Let my hair then stand an end:
And that terror likewise prove
Fatal to me in my love.
But if horror cannot slake
Flames which would an entrance make
Then the next thing I desire
Is, to love and live i’ th’ fire.

Published in Hesperides
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