Give me more love, or more disdain; <br />The torrid or the frozen zone <br />Bring equal ease unto my pain, <br />The temperate affords me none; <br />Either extreme, of love or hate, <br />Is sweeter than a calm estate. <br /> <br />Give me a storm; if it be love, <br />Like Danae in that golden shower, <br />I swim in pleasure; if it prove <br />Disdain, that torrent will devour <br />My vulture hopes; and he's possessed <br />Of heaven, that's but from hell released. <br />Then crown my joys, or cure my pain; <br />Give me more love, or more disdain.<br /><br />Thomas Carew<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/song-mediocrity-in-love-rejected/
