Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
John Sheffield, Duke of Buckinghamshire. 16491720417. The Reconcilement
COME, let us now resolve at last | |
To live and love in quiet; | |
We’ll tie the knot so very fast | |
That Time shall ne’er untie it. | |
The truest joys they seldom prove | 5 |
Who free from quarrels live: | |
‘Tis the most tender part of love | |
Each other to forgive. | |
When least I seem’d concern’d, I took | |
No pleasure nor no rest; | 10 |
And when I feign’d an angry look, | |
Alas! I loved you best. | |
Own but the same to me—you’ll find | |
How blest will be our fate. | |
O to be happy—to be kind— | 15 |
Sure never is too late! |