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

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

The Sweetmeat

By Sir Edward Sherburne (1618–1702)


THOU gav’st me late to eat
A sweet without, but within, bitter meat:
As if thou would’st have said ‘Here, taste in this
What Celia is.’

But if there ought to be	5
A likeness, dearest, ’twixt thy gift and thee,
Why first what’s sweet in thee should I not taste,
The bitter last?