Lesbia's Sparrow
Sparrow, that art my darling's pet--
My darling's who'll frolic with thee and let
Thee nestle within her bosom, and when
Thou peck'st her forefinger will give it again,
And provoke thee to bite with a sharper smart,
When that glorious creature who rules my heart
Enchants it the more with her playful wiles,
And her own heart, too, of its pain beguiles;
Allaying, I do believe, just so
What else would burn with too fierce a glow.
Ah, would, like her, I might toy with thee,
And lighten the pangs that are rending me!
Thee would I then with such welcome greet,
As the fabled girl of the flying feet
Did the apple of gold, which unloosed the zone,
That long had engirdled a heart of stone.
My darling's who'll frolic with thee and let
Thee nestle within her bosom, and when
Thou peck'st her forefinger will give it again,
And provoke thee to bite with a sharper smart,
When that glorious creature who rules my heart
Enchants it the more with her playful wiles,
And her own heart, too, of its pain beguiles;
Allaying, I do believe, just so
What else would burn with too fierce a glow.
Ah, would, like her, I might toy with thee,
And lighten the pangs that are rending me!
Thee would I then with such welcome greet,
As the fabled girl of the flying feet
Did the apple of gold, which unloosed the zone,
That long had engirdled a heart of stone.
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