| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Charles Webbe. c. 1678 |
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| 403. Against Indifference |
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| MORE love or more disdain I crave; | |
| Sweet, be not still indifferent: | |
| O send me quickly to my grave, | |
| Or else afford me more content! | |
| Or love or hate me more or less, | 5 |
| For love abhors all lukewarmness. | |
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| Give me a tempest if 'twill drive | |
| Me to the place where I would be; | |
| Or if you'll have me still alive, | |
| Confess you will be kind to me. | 10 |
| Give hopes of bliss or dig my grave: | |
| More love or more disdain I crave. | |
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