html.skin-theme-clientpref-night @media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os }Aurelia, Art thou mad
To let the World in me
Envy Joys I never had,
And censure them in Thee.
Fill'd with grief for what is past,
Let us at length be wise,
And the Banquet boldly taste,
Since we have paid the price.
Love does easie Souls despise,
Who lose themselves for Toys,
And Escape for those devise,
Who taste his utmost Joys.
To be thus for Trifles blam'd,
Like theirs a Folly is,
Who are for vain Swearing Damn'd,
And knew no higher Bliss.
Love should like the Year be Crown'd,
With sweet variety;
Hope should in the Spring be found
Kind Fears, and Jealousie.
In the Summer Flowers should rise,
And in the Autumn Fruit;
His Spring doth else but mock our Eyes,
And in a Scoff Salute.