Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
William Cartwright. 16111643330. To Chloe Who for his sake wished herself younger
THERE are two births; the one when light | |
First strikes the new awaken’d sense; | |
The other when two souls unite, | |
And we must count our life from thence: | |
When you loved me and I loved you | 5 |
Then both of us were born anew. | |
Love then to us new souls did give | |
And in those souls did plant new powers; | |
Since when another life we live, | |
The breath we breathe is his, not ours: | 10 |
Love makes those young whom age doth chill, | |
And whom he finds young keeps young still. |