A Thousand Martyrs by Aphra Behn

To join this community on Patreon, click here:⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/welcome2thepoetrypodcast⁠⁠A Thousand Martyrs by Aphra Behn  (1640–1689)A thousand martyrs I have made,All sacrificed to my desire;A thousand beauties have betrayed,That languish in resistless fire.The untamed heart to hand I brought,And fixed the wild and wandering thought.I never vowed nor sighed in vainBut both, though false, were well received.The fair are pleased to give us pain,And what they wish is soon believed.And though I talked of wounds and smart,Love’s pleasures only touched my heart.Alone the glory and the spoilI always laughing bore away;The triumphs, without pain or toil,Without the hell, the heav’n of joy.And while I thus at random roveDespise the fools that whine for love.This episode was directed by Caitlyn Oenbrink.