To His Mistresse by William Strode
In your sterne beauty I can see Whatere in Aetna wonders bee; If coales out of the topp doe flye Hott flames doe gush out of your eye; If frost lye on the ground belowe Your breast is white and cold as snowe: The sparkes that sett my hart on fire Refuse to melt your owne desire: The frost that byndes your chilly breast With double fire hath mee opprest: Both heate and cold a league have made, And leaving you they mee invade: The hearth its proper flame withstands When ice itselfe heates others hands.
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