Give me leave to rail at you, -
I ask nothing but my due:
To call you false, and then to say
You shall not keep my heart a day.
But alas! against my will
I must be your captive still.
Ah! be kinder, then, for I
Cannot change, and would not die.
Kindness has resistless charms;
All besides but weakly move;
Fiercest anger it disarms,
And clips the wings of flying love.
Beauty does the heart invade,
Kindness only can persuade;
It gilds the lover's servile chain,
And makes the slave grow pleased again.
Give Me Leave To Rail At You
Lord John Wilmot
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Poem topics: I love you, anger, beauty, change, chain, slave, Valentine's Day, heart, love, kindness, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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