Depose Your Finger of That Ring, di Richard Lovelace

Richard Lovelace

Depose Your Finger of That Ring

Depose your finger of that ring,

And crowne mine with’t awhile;

Now I restor’t. Pray, dos it bring

Back with it more of soile?

Or shines it not as innocent,

As honest, as before ’twas lent?

II.

So then inrich me with that treasure,

‘Twill but increase your store,

And please me (faire one) with that pleasure

Must please you still the more.

Not to save others is a curse

The blackest, when y’are ne’re the worse.

#English #XVIICentury

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