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First Line: Wert thou yet fairer than thou art
Last Line: Tis I love you, 'cause you love me.
Subject(s): Love - Nature Of


WERT thou yet fairer than thou art,
Which lies not in the power of Art;
Or hadst thou in thine eyes more darts
Than ever cupid shot at hearts;
Yet if they were not thrown at me,
I would not cast a thought on thee,

I'd rather marry a disease,
Than court the thing I cannot please:
She that will cherish my desires,
Must meet my flames with equal fires.
What pleasure is there in a kiss
To him that doubts the heart's not his?

I love thee not because th' art fair,
Softer than down, smoother than air;
Nor for the Cupids that do lie
In either corner of thine eye:
Wouldst thou then know what it might be?
'Tis I love you, 'cause you love me.





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