Not many people
approve the way I love.
They find it so unwise
to give out a whole heart.
But I reason: I was nourished
by poetry, and religion
The only way I could give it
is sacrificial devotion.
My mother fears they\'d despise me
Oh, so was the Son of Glory!
My ladies wish I had some sense
alas! I\'m only seventeen.
The only thing I would not give
is this flesh and its misery.
In anguish, one day I will learn
Grief is the only thing returned.