< The Hesperides & Noble Numbers < Hesperides
143. LOVE ME LITTLE, LOVE ME LONG.
You say, to me-wards your affection's strong;
Pray love me little, so you love me long.
Slowly goes far: the mean is best: desire,
Grown violent, does either die or tire.
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