J. C. Squire, ed. A Book of Womens Verse. 1921. | | Love and Poetry | By Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle (16241674) |
| O LOVE, how thou art tired out with rhyme! | |
Thou art a tree whereon all poets clime; | |
And from thy branches every one takes some | |
Of thy sweet fruit, which Fancy feeds upon. | |
But now thy tree is left so bare and poor, | 5 |
That they can scarcely gather one plumb more. | | | |
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