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 wou'd 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CANTERBURY TALES: THE GENERAL PROLOGUE by GEOFFREY CHAUCER OLD SUSAN by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE SESTINA OF THE TRAMP ROYAL by RUDYARD KIPLING ON READING 'VORTICIST POEM ON LOVE' by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE INDIGNANT CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS SONNET: A PREACHER by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH I HAVE LOVED by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS |