Phillis 01
July 6, 2023Time of Roses
July 6, 2023Love Is a Sickness
Love is a sickness full of woes,
All remedies refusing;
A plant that with most cutting grows,
Most barren with best using.
Why so?
More we enjoy it, more it dies;
If not enjoyed, it sighing cries,
Hey ho.
Love is a torment of the mind,
A tempest everlasting;
And Jove hath made it of a kind,
Not well, nor full nor fasting.
Why so?
More we enjoy it, more it dies;
If not enjoyed, it sighing cries,
Hey ho.
Thomas Lodge
Thomas Lodge (1558-1625) was an English author, poet, and physician who was associated with the Elizabethan era. He is known for his prose works such as "Rosalynde" and "A Margarite of America," as well as his poetry.