Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume II. Love. 1904. | | | | V. Cautions and Complaints | | Advice to a Girl | | Thomas Campion (1567–1620) |
| | | NEVER love unless you can | |
| Bear with all the faults of man! | |
| Men sometimes will jealous be | |
| Though but little cause they see, | |
| And hang the head as discontent, | 5 |
| And speak what straight they will repent. | |
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| Men, that but one Saint adore, | |
| Make a show of love to more; | |
| Beauty must be scorned in none, | |
| Though but truly served in one: | 10 |
| For what is courtship but disguise? | |
| True hearts may have dissembling eyes. | |
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| Men, when their affairs require, | |
| Must awhile themselves retire; | |
| Sometimes hunt, and sometimes hawk, | 15 |
| And not ever sit and talk:— | |
| If these and such-like you can bear, | |
| Then like, and love, and never fear! | | | | |
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