Ah, what a trifle is a heart, If once into love’s hands it come All other griefs allow a part To other griefs, and ask themselves but some; They come to us, but us love draws; He swallows us and never chaws; By him as by chain’d shot, whole ranks do die; He is the tyrant pike, our hearts the fry. –John Donne, 1633 Which sentence best paraphrases line 5 of the passage above?

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Ah, what a trifle is a heart, If once into love’s hands it come All other griefs allow a part To other griefs, and ask themselves but some; They come to us, but us love draws; He swallows us and never chaws; By him as by chain’d shot, whole ranks do die; He is the tyrant pike, our hearts the fry. <br /> –John Donne, 1633 Which sentence best paraphrases line 5 of the passage above?