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 show'r <br /> I swim in pleasure; if it prove <br /> Disdain, that torrent will devour <br /> My vulture-hopes; and he's possess'd <br /> Of heaven, that's but from hell releas'd. <br /> <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/mediocrity-in-love-rejected/
