High state and honours to others impart, <br />But give me your heart: <br />That treasure, that treasure alone, <br />I beg for my own. <br /> <br />So gentle a love, so fervent a fire, <br />My soul does inspire; <br />That treasure, that treasure alone, <br />I beg for my own. <br />Your love let me crave; <br />Give me in possessing <br />So matchless a blessing; <br />That empire is all I would have. <br />Love's my petition, <br />All my ambition; <br />If e'er you discover <br />So faithful a lover, <br />So real a flame, <br />I'll die, I'll die, <br />So give up my game.<br /><br />John Dryden<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-song-high-state-and-honours-to-others-impart/
