Is Not Love Here, As 'tis In Other Climes

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Title:     Is Not Love Here, As 'tis In Other Climes
Author: Michael Drayton [More Titles by Drayton]

Is not Love here, as 'tis in other Climes,
And diff'reth it, as doe the sev'ral Nations?
Or hath it lost the Virtue, with the Times,
Or in this land alt'reth with the Fashions?
Or have our Passions lesser pow'r then theirs,
Who had less Art them lively to express?
Is Nature grown less pow'rfull in their Heirs,
Or in our Fathers did the more transgresse?
I am sure my Sighs come from a Heart as true,
As any Mans, that Memory can boast,
And my Respects and Services to you
Equal with his, that loves his Mistress most:
Or Nature must be partial in my Cause,
Or only you do violate her Laws.

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Michael Drayton's poem: Is Not Love Here, As 'tis In Other Climes

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