Love
Cuts · English · @cuts_en ·
"Love". Read aloud by a LibriVox volunteer. Public domain.
Transcript
0:00 Love. Love made me welcome,
0:02 yet my soul drew back,
0:04 guilty of dust and sin.
0:07 But quick-eyed love observing me grow slack,
0:10 from my first entrance in.
0:13 Drew nearer to me,
0:14 sweetly questioning if I lacked anything.
0:19 A guest I answered worthy to be here,
0:22 love said, you shall be he.
0:25 I, the unkind, ungrateful, ah, my dear,
0:29 I cannot look on thee.
0:32 Love took my hand and smiling did reply,
0:35 who made the eyes but I.
0:38 Truth, Lord, but I have marred them,
0:40 let my shame go where it doth deserve.
0:44 And know you not, says love,
0:46 who bore the blame, my dear,
0:48 then I will serve.
0:50 You must sit down, says love,
0:52 and taste my me.
0:54 So I did sit and eat.