To Love

Robert Herrick (1591-1674) (1591โ€“1674)

The Hesperides & Noble Numbers โ€” Hesperides

I'm free from thee; and thou no more shalt hearMy puling pipe to beat against thine ear.Farewell my shackles, though of pearl they be;Such precious thraldom ne'er shall fetter me.He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke,Submits his neck unto a second yoke.