Love Poems

The Bait


Come live with me and be my love
And we will some new pleasures prove
Of golden sands and crystal brooks,
With silken lines and silver hooks.

There will the river- whispering run
Warmed by thy eyes more than the sun
And there th' enamoured fish will stay,
Begging themselves they may betray.

When thou wilt swim in that live bath,
Each fish, which every channel hath,
Will amorously to thee swim,
Gladder to catch thee, than thou him.

If thou, to be so seen, be'st loth,
By sun or moon, thou darken'st both
And if myself have leave to see,
I need not their light, having thee.

Let others freeze with angling reeds,
And cut their legs with shells and weeds
Or treacherously poor fish beset,
With strangling snare or windowy net.

Let coarse bold hands from slimy nest
The bedded fish in banks out-wrest;
Or curious traitors, sleave-silk flies,
Bewitch poor fishes' wand'ring eyes.

For thee, thou need'st no such deceit,
For thou thyself art thine own bait:
That fish, that is not catch'd thereby,
Alas, is wiser far than I.
John Donne
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Name: Doda2014-05-23
It is SO important to reemmber to go with the momentum and not look back at what you did/didn't do in the past. I can get really stuck on those past points and it weighs me down. This really helps me. I love my music and when I can get over the whole I'm too tired/bored/exhausted whatever, and just crank up the volume for a few songs, it brightens up my whole day. I think my favorite song at present, is C.C. Catch's Hollywood Nights. Thanks for sharing this series! I've been a lurker, reading every day and not quite commenting (since it's a pain to do so from my pesky cellphone), but anyway, great post and thanks so much for sharing!
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Name: Kapri2016-07-22
Aritelcs like this make life so much simpler.
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