Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume II. Love. 1904. | | | | V. Cautions and Complaints | | Rivalry in Love | | William Walsh (1663–1708) |
| | | OF all the torments, all the cares, | |
| With which our lives are curst; | |
| Of all the plagues a lover bears, | |
| Sure rivals are the worst! | |
| By partners in each other kind, | 5 |
| Afflictions easier grow; | |
| In love alone we hate to find | |
| Companions of our woe. | |
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| Sylvia, for all the pangs you see | |
| Are laboring in my breast, | 10 |
| I beg not you would favor me;— | |
| Would you but slight the rest! | |
| How great soe’er your rigors are, | |
| With them alone I ’ll cope; | |
| I can endure my own despair, | 15 |
| But not another’s hope. | | | | |
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