TESTO DEL LIED

"He that will not love"
di Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

He that will not love must be
My scholar and learn this of me:
There be in love as many fears
As the summer corn have ears;
Sighs and sobs, and troubles more
Than the sand upon the shore;
Now an ague, then a fever
Both tormenting lovers ever.
Woulds't thou know besides all these
How hard a woman 'tis to please?
How high she's prized, whose worth's but small?
Little thou'lt love, or nought at all.