A Modest Love - Edward Dyer

[Larry Robinson]

A Modest Love

The lowest trees have tops, the ant her gall, 
The fly her spleen, the little sparks their heat; 
The slender hairs cast shadows, though but small, 
And bees have stings, although they be not great; 
Seas have their source, and so have shallow springs; 
And love is love, in beggars as in kings. 

Where rivers smoothest run, deep are the fords; 
The dial stirs, yet none perceives it move; 
The firmest faith is in the fewest words; 
The turtles cannot sing, and yet they love: 
True hearts have eyes and ears, no tongues to speak; 
They hear and see, and sigh, and then they break. 

	- Edward Dyer
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