Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle (1624-1674). Love and Poetry. J. C. Squire, ed. 1921. A Book of Women's Verse

J. C. Squire, ed. A Book of Women’s Verse. 1921.

Love and Poetry

By Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle (1624–1674)


O LOVE, how thou art tired out with rhyme!
Thou art a tree whereon all poets clime;
And from thy branches every one takes some
Of thy sweet fruit, which Fancy feeds upon.
But now thy tree is left so bare and poor,	5
That they can scarcely gather one plumb more.