The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/Upon Love (Love scorch'd my finger, but did spare)
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85. UPON LOVE.
Love scorch'd my finger, but did spare
The burning of my heart;
To signify in love my share
Should be a little part.
Little I love; but if that he
Would but that heat recall;
That joint to ashes burnt should be,[1]
Ere I would love at all.
- ↑ Orig. ed., should be burnt.