FAIN would I change that note <br />To which fond Love hath charm'd me <br />Long, long to sing by rote, <br />Fancying that that harm'd me: <br />Yet when this thought doth come, <br />'Love is the perfect sum <br /> Of all delight,' <br />I have no other choice <br />Either for pen or voice <br /> To sing or write. <br /> <br />O Love! they wrong thee much <br />That say thy sweet is bitter, <br />When thy rich fruit is such <br />As nothing can be sweeter. <br />Fair house of joy and bliss, <br />Where truest pleasure is, <br /> I do adore thee: <br />I know thee what thou art, <br />I serve thee with my heart, <br /> And fall before thee.<br /><br />Anonymous<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/devotion-captain-tobias-hume-s-the-first-part-of/
