Love me little, love me long, <br />Then we neither can be wrong: <br />You in giving, I in taking; <br />There is nor a heart breaking <br />But remembers one touch, <br />Or maybe seven, of too much. <br /> <br />Love me more than halfway, though. <br />Let me think, then let me know. <br />And I promise you the same: <br />A little wild, a little tame; <br />Lest it ever seem long: <br />Tick, tock, ding, dong.<br /><br />Mark Van Doren<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dunce-songs-9/