From a Secret Fire

Air de cour by Michel Lambert Themes LovePeriod 17th centuryPrint

From a secret fire I feel myself consumed
Without being able to relieve the pain that possesses me:
I could well be healed if I stopped loving;
But I prefer the pain to the remedy.

Michel Lambert

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