Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset (1638-1706). Song: 'Dorinda's sparkling wit and eyes'. William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. 1910. The Book of Restoration Verse

William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910.

Song: ‘Dorinda’s sparkling wit and eyes’

By Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset (1638–1706)


DORINDA’S sparkling wit and eyes
United cast too fierce a light,
Which blazes high, but quickly dies,
Pains not the heart, but hurts the sight.

Love is a calmer, gentler joy,	5
Smooth are his looks, and soft his pace,
Her Cupid is a blackguard boy,
That runs his link full in your face.