Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Charles Webbe. c. 1678403. Against Indifference
MORE love or more disdain I crave; | |
Sweet, be not still indifferent: | |
O send me quickly to my grave, | |
Or else afford me more content! | |
Or love or hate me more or less, | 5 |
For love abhors all lukewarmness. | |
Give me a tempest if ’twill drive | |
Me to the place where I would be; | |
Or if you’ll have me still alive, | |
Confess you will be kind to me. | 10 |
Give hopes of bliss or dig my grave: | |
More love or more disdain I crave. |