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                                  LOVE'S USURY

                                 by John Donne








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                      LOVE'S USURY
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        For every hour that thou wilt spare me now,
              I will allow,
        Usurious God of Love, twenty to thee,
        When with my brown, my grey hairs equal be;
        Till then, Love, let my body reign, and let
        Me travel, sojourn, snatch, plot, have, forget,
        Resume my last year's relict: think that yet
              We had never met.
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        Let me think any rival's letter mine,
              And at next nine
        Keep midnight's promise; mistake by the way
        The maid, and tell the Lady of that delay;
        Only let me love none, no, not the sport;
        From country grass, to comfitures of Court,
        Or city's quelque-choses, let report
              My mind transport.
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        This bargain's good; if when I'am old, I be
              Inflamed by thee,
        If thine own honour, or my shame, or pain,
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        Thou covet, most at that age thou shalt gain.
        Do thy will then, then subject and degree,
        And fruit of love, Love, I submit to thee;
        Spare me till then, I'll bear it, though she be
              One that loves me.
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                               THE END