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John Suckling · Barroco

To Mr. Davenant for Absence

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Wonder not, if I stay not here:

Hurt lovers, like to wounded deer,

Must shift the place; for standing still

Leaves too much time to know our ill:

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That lets in from th' enemy

All that may supplant an heart,

'Tis time the chief should use some art.

Who parts the object from the sense,

Wisely cuts off intelligence.10

O, how quickly men must die,

Should they stand all love's battery!

Persinda's eyes great mischief do:

So do, we know, the cannon too;

But men are safe at distance still:15

Where they reach not, they cannot kill.

Love is a fit, and soon is past;

Ill diet only makes it last:

Who is still looking, gazing ever,

Drinks wine i' th' very height o' th' fever.20

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Autor
John Suckling
Título
To Mr. Davenant for Absence
Lengua
inglés
Época
Barroco
Sala
La Biblioteca
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Cita recomendada
John Suckling, «To Mr. Davenant for Absence», Poetósfera, poetosfera.com/p/ws-en-to-mr-davenant-for-absence--john-suckling-57a37b.html

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