UPON LOVE. (III)
by Robert Herrick


LOVE, I have broke
      Thy yoke,
The neck is free ;
But when I'm next
      Love-vexed,
Then shackle me.

'Tis better yet
      To fret
The feet or hands,
Than to enthral
      Or gall
The neck with bands.


Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 236.
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