| John Donne (1572–1631). The Poems of John Donne. 1896. | | | | Appendix B. Poems hitherto Uncollected | | [True Love] |
| | | LOVE bred of glances ’twixt 1 amorous eyes, | |
| Like children’s fancies, 2 soon bred, soon dies. | |
| Guilt, bitterness and smiling woe | |
| Doth oft deceive poor lovers so, | |
| And the fond sense the unwary soul deceives | 5 |
| With deadly poison wrapt in lily leaves. | |
| But hearts so chain’d, ’tis goodness stands | |
| With truth unstain’d to couple hands. | |
| Love being to all beauty blind, | |
| Save the clear beauties of the mind, | 10 |
| Where reason is pleased, continual blisses shedding, | |
| Angels are guests and dance at his blest wedding. | |
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