Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO CHLOE, by JOHN OLDMIXON


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TO CHLOE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Prithee, chloe, not so fast
Last Line: Love without it will not please.
Subject(s): Love - Nature Of; Patience


PRITHEE, Chloe, not so fast,
Let's not run and wed in haste;
We've a thousand things to do;
You must fly and I pursue,
You must frown and I must sigh,
I entreat and you deny.
Stay -- If I am never crossed,
Half the pleasure will be lost.
Be, or seem to be severe;
Give me reason to despair:
Fondness will my wishes cloy,
Make me careless of the joy.
Lovers may of course complain
Of their trouble and their pain
But, if pain and trouble cease,
Love without it will not please.





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