“My sweetest Lesbia, let us live and love, And though the sager sort our deeds reprove, Let us not weigh them. Heaven's great lamps do dive Into their west, and straight again revive, But soon as once set is our little light, Then must we sleep one ever-during night. See Catullus 200:5.” LittlesLightNightHeavenSleepAnd LoveWestDeedsLampsSweetestReviveLive And Love Author:Thomas Campion
“Fain would I wed a fair young man that night and day could please me, When my mind or body grieved that had the power to ease me. Maids are full of longing thoughtsthat breed a bloodless sickness, And that, oft I hear men say, is only cured by quickness.” MenMindBodyYoungNightPleaseFairsLongingEaseYoung ManSicknessMaidsPlease MeQuickness Author:Thomas Campion
“Let now the chimneys blaze And cups o’erflow with wine... The summer hath his joys, And winter his delights; Though love and all his pleasures are but toys, They shorten tedious nights.” JoyNightPleasureSummerWineWinterDelightCupsToysTediousChimneys Book:The Complete English Works of Thomas Campion Source: The Complete English Works of Thomas Campion
