Edward Sherburne

Sir Edward Sherburne (18 September 1618 – 4 November 1702) was an English poet and translator and a staunch royalist. Quotes thumb|There's no dallying with loveThough he be a child and blind. There's no dallying with love  Though he be a child and blind;Then let none the danger prove,  Who would to himself be kind:Smile he does when thou dost play,But his smiles to death betray.Lately with the Boy I sported;  Love I did not, yet love feigned;Had not mistress, yet I courted;  Sighed I did, yet was not pained;Till at last this love in jest,Proved in earnest my unrest.When I saw my fair one first,  In a feigned fire I burned;But true love my poor heart pierced,  When her eyes on mine she turned:So a real wound I took,For my counterfeited look.Slighted Love, his skill to show,   Struck me with a mortal dart;Then I learnt that 'gainst his bow,  Vain are the weak helps of art;And thus captived, found that trueDoth dissembled love pursue. "The Surprisal" in Witt's Recreations (1663) and Venus Looking-glass (1669) External links Category:Poets from England Category:Translators from England Category:1618 births Category:1702 deaths