High state and honours to others impart,
But give me your heart:
That treasure, that treasure alone,
I beg for my own.
So gentle a love, so fervent a fire,
My soul does inspire;
That treasure, that treasure alone,
I beg for my own.
Your love let me crave;
Give me in possessing
So matchless a blessing;
That empire is all I would have.
Love’s my petition,
All my ambition;
If e’er you discover
So faithful a lover,
So real a flame,
I’ll die, I’ll die,
So give up my game.
(John Henry Dryden)
More Poetry from John Henry Dryden:
John Henry Dryden Poems based on Topics: Love, Soul, Fire, Blessings, Ambition, Inspirational- Cymon And Iphigenia. From Boccace (John Henry Dryden Poems)
- The Hind And The Panther, A Poem In Three Parts : Part I. (John Henry Dryden Poems)
- The Wife Of Bath Her Tale (John Henry Dryden Poems)
- Eleonora : A Panegyrical (John Henry Dryden Poems)
- Britannia Rediviva: A Poem on the Birth of the Prince (John Henry Dryden Poems)
- ASTR (John Henry Dryden Poems)