UPON LOVE, BY WAY OF QUESTION AND
ANSWER.
by Robert Herrick

I BRING ye love :   Quest.  What will love do ?
          Ans.  Like and dislike ye.
I bring ye love :   Quest.  What will love do ?
          Ans.  Stroke ye to strike ye.
I bring ye love :   Quest.  What will love do ?
          Ans.  Love will befool ye.
I bring ye love :   Quest.  What will love do ?
          Ans.  Heat ye to cool ye.
I bring ye love :   Quest.  What will love do ?
          Ans.  Love gifts will send ye.
I bring ye love :   Quest.  What will love do ?
          Ans.  Stock ye to spend ye.
I bring ye love :   Quest.  What will love do ?
          Ans.  Love will fulfil ye.
I bring ye love :   Quest.  What will love do ?
          Ans.  Kiss ye to kill ye.



Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol II.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 135.


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