Ben Jonson

“Though I am young, and cannot tell”

Though I am young, and cannot tell
   Either what Death or Love is well,
Yet I have heard they both bear darts,
   And both do aim at human hearts.
And then again, I have been told
   Love wounds with heat, as Death with cold;
So that I fear they do but bring
   Extremes to touch, and mean one thing.
 
As in a ruin we it call
   One thing to be blown up, or fall;
Or to our end like way may have
   By a flash of lightning, or a wave;
So Love’s inflamèd shaft or brand
   May kill as soon as Death’s cold hand;
Except Love’s fires the virtue have
   To fight the frost out of the grave.

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