Sir Edward Sherburne (1618-1702). Weeping and Kissing. William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. 1910. The Book of Restoration Verse

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

Weeping and Kissing

By Sir Edward Sherburne (1618–1702)


A KISS I begged, but smiling, she
Denied it me;
When straight, her cheeks with tears o’erflown—
Now kinder grown—
What smiling she’d not let me have	5
She weeping gave.
Then you whom scornful beauties awe,
Hope yet relief
From Love, who tears from smiles can draw,
Pleasure from grief.	10