vii
Love to faults is always blind;
Always is to joy inclined,
Lawless, winged and unconfined,
And breaks all chains from every mind.
Deceit to secrecy confined,
Lawful, cautious and refined;
To anything but interest blind,
And forges fetters for the mind.
xvii
Several Questions Answered
1
Eternity
He who binds to himself a Joy
Does the winged life destroy;
But he who kisses the Joy as it flies
Lives in Eternity's sunrise.
2
The look of love alarms,
Because it's filled with fire;
But the look of soft deceit
Shall win the lover's hire.
3
Soft deceit and idleness,
These are Beauty's sweetest dress.
4
The Question answered
What is it men in women do require?
The lineaments of gratified desire.
What is it women in men do require?
The lineaments of gratified desire.
5
An ancient Proverb
Remove away that blackening church,
Remove away that marriage hearse,
Remove away that man of blood-
You'll quite remove the ancient curse
xviii
If I ever grow to man's estate,
O! give to me a woman's fate.
May I govern all, both great and small,
Have the last word, and take the wall.
xix
Since all the riches of this world
May be gifts from the Devil and earthly kings,
I should suspect that I worshipped the Devil
If I thanked my God for worldly things.
xx
Riches
The countless gold of a merry heart,
The rubies and pearls of a loving eye,
The indolent never can bring to the mart,
Nor the secret hoard up in his treasury.
xxi
The Angel that presided over my birth
Said, 'Little creature, formed of joy and mirth,
Go, love without the help of anything on earth.'
xxii
Grown old in love from seven till seven times seven,
I oft have wished for Hell, for ease from Heaven.
xxiii
Do what you will this life's a fiction,
And is made up of contradiction.
Me with my friend, lovely and ever wonderful mrs Margaret Ferret.
Thank you sincerely for the invaluable reminiscences...
The photos are from Powys castle, county Powys, Wales
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