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Love is a Syrup

by Robert Herrick, 1648

Love is a syrup; and whoe’er we see
Sick and surcharg’d with this satiety,
Shall by this pleasing trespass quickly prove
There’s loathsomeness e’en in the sweets of love.

Published in Hesperides
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