Oxford Book of English Verse, Part 3 by  Arthur Quiller-Couch

Against Indifference

More love or more disdain I crave;

Sweet, be not still indifferent:

O send me quickly to my grave,

Or else afford me more content!

Or love or hate me more or less,

For love abhors all lukewarmness.


Give me a tempest if 'twill drive

Me to the place where I would be;

Or if you'll have me still alive,

Confess you will be kind to me.

Give hopes of bliss or dig my grave:

More love or more disdain I crave.

— Charles Webbe
c. 1678   


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