To Anthea, who may command him anything
Robert Herrick
1591 to 1674
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Or bid me die, and I will dare
And having none, yet I will keep
As in the whole world thou canst find,
A heart to weep for thee.
To live and die for thee.
To honour thy decree:
A heart as sound and free,
Bid me to live, and I will live
The very eyes of me:
A heart as soft, a heart as kind,
Bid me despair, and I'll despair,
Thy Protestant to be:
Under that cypress tree:
And't shall do so for thee.
And hast command of every part,
Bid that heart stay, and it will stay,
Or bid it languish quite away,
That heart I'll give to thee.
While I have eyes to see:
Bid me to weep, and I will weep,
E'en death, to die for thee.
Thou art my life, my love, my heart,
Or bid me love, and I will give
A loving heart to thee.
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