StoryTitle("caps", "The Resolve") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Tell me not of a face that's fair,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Nor lip and cheek that's red,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Nor of the tresses of her hair,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Nor curls in order laid,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Nor of a rare seraphic voice ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "That like an angel sings;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Though if I were to take my choice", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "I would have all these things:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But if that thou wilt have me love,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And it must be a she, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The only argument can move", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Is that she will love me.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The glories of your ladies be", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "But metaphors of things,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And but resemble what we see ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Each common object brings.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Roses out-red their lips and cheeks,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Lilies their whiteness stain;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "What fool is he that shadows seeks", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And may the substance gain?", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then if thou'lt have me love a lass,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Let it be one that's kind:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Else I'm a servant to the glass", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "That's with Canary lined.", "") ?>
Poet("Alexander Brome", "1620–1666") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>