440. Give Me Leave to Rail at You by John Wilmot
b"J Wilmott read by Classic Poetry Aloud: Giving voice to the poetry of the past.\\nwww.classicpoetryaloud.com\\n\\n--------------------------------------------\\n\\nGive Me Leave to Rail at You\\nby John Wilmot (1647 \\u2013 1680) \\n\\nGive me leave to rail at you, -\\nI ask nothing but my due:\\nTo call you false, and then to say\\nYou shall not keep my heart a day.\\nBut alas! against my will\\nI must be your captive still.\\nAh! be kinder, then, for I\\nCannot change, and would not die.\\n\\nKindness has resistless charms;\\nAll besides but weakly move;\\nFiercest anger it disarms,\\nAnd clips the wings of flying love.\\nBeauty does the heart invade,\\nKindness only can persuade;\\nIt gilds the lover's servile chain,\\nAnd makes the slave grow pleased again. \\n\\n\\nFirst aired: January 2008\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2009"