Against Fruition

No; thou’rt a fool, I’ll swear, if e’er thou grant;

Much of my veneration thou must want,

When once thy kindness puts my ignorance out,

For a learn’d age is always least devout.

Keep still thy distance; for at once to me

Goddess and woman too thou canst not be;

Thou’rt queen of all that sees thee, and as such

Must neither tyrannize nor yield too much;

Such freedom give as may admit command,

But keep the forts and magazines in thine hand.

Thou’rt yet a whole world to me, and dost fill

My large ambition; but ’tis dang’rous still,

Lest I like the Pellæan prince* should be,

And weep for other worlds, having conquered thee.

When Love has taken all thou hast away,

His strength by too much riches will decay.

Thou in my fancy dost much higher stand

Than women can be placed by Nature’s hand;

And I must needs, I’m sure, a loser be,

To change thee, as thou’rt there, for very thee.

Thy sweetness is so much within me placed,

That shouldst thou nectar give, ‘twould spoil the taste.

Beauty at first moves wonder and delight;

‘Tis Nature’s juggling trick to cheat the sight;

We admire it, whilst unknown, but after more

Admire ourselves for liking it before.

Love, like a greedy hawk, if we give way,

Does overgorge himself with his own prey;

Of very hopes a surfeit he’ll sustain

Unless by fears he cast them up again:

His spirit and sweetness dangers keep alone;

If once he lose his sting, he grows a drone.

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• Владимир Орлов – Летит корабль by Владимир Орлов
• Владимир Орлов – Ковровые дорожки by Владимир Орлов
• Владимир Орлов – Кому что снится? by Владимир Орлов
• Владимир Орлов – Как Таппи научился лаять by Владимир Орлов
• Владимир Орлов – Как появились ромашки by Владимир Орлов
• Владимир Орлов – Где петушок носит гребешок by Владимир Орлов
• Владимир Орлов – Дядя Миша на печи by Владимир Орлов
• Владимир Орлов – Добрый день by Владимир Орлов
• Владимир Орлов – Цветное молоко by Владимир Орлов
• Владимир Орлов – Что нельзя купить by Владимир Орлов
• Владимир Орлов – Белые стихи о черном пуделе by Владимир Орлов
• Владимир Набоков – Забудешь ты меня, как эту ночь забудешь by Владимир Набоков
• Владимир Набоков – Я на море гляжу из мраморного храма by Владимир Набоков
• Владимир Набоков – Встреча by Владимир Набоков
• Владимир Набоков – Воскресение мёртвых by Владимир Набоков
• Владимир Набоков – Верба by Владимир Набоков
• Владимир Набоков – Вдали от берега, в мерцании морском by Владимир Набоков
• Владимир Набоков – В полнолунье, в гостиной пыльной и пышной by Владимир Набоков
• Владимир Набоков – Ut pictura poesis by Владимир Набоков
• Владимир Набоков – Ты многого, слишком ты многого хочешь by Владимир Набоков

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