Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume II. Love. 1904. | | | | V. Cautions and Complaints | | “Give me more love or more disdain” | | Thomas Carew (1595?–1639?) |
| | | GIVE me more love or more disdain; | |
| The torrid or the frozen zone | |
| Brings equal ease unto my pain; | |
| The temperate affords me none; | |
| Either extreme, of love or hate, | 5 |
| Is sweeter than a calm estate. | |
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| Give me a storm; If it be love, | |
| Like Danaë in a golden shower, | |
| I swim in pleasure; if it prove | |
| Disdain, that torrent will devour | 10 |
| My vulture hopes; and he ’s possessed | |
| Of heaven that ’s but from hell released; | |
| Then crown my joys, or cure my pain; | |
| Give me more love or more disdain. | | | | |
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