Richard Lovelace

To Lucasta

I.
 I laugh and sing, but cannot tell
 Whether the folly on’t sounds well;
              But then I groan,
              Methinks, in tune;
Whilst grief, despair and fear dance to the air
         Of my despised prayer.
 
                     II.
 A pretty antick love does this,
 Then strikes a galliard with a kiss;
              As in the end
              The chords they rend;
So you but with a touch from your fair hand
         Turn all to saraband.
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