Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WOMAN'S CONSTANCY, by JOHN DONNE


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First Line: Now thou hast loved me one whole day
Last Line: For by tomorrow, I may think so too.
Variant Title(s): He Ironizes About Woman's Constancy
Subject(s): Fidelity; Women; Faithfulness; Constancy


Now thou hast loved me one whole day,
Tomorrow when thou leav'st, what wilt thou say?
Wilt thou then antedate some new made vow?
Or say that now
We are not just those persons, which we were?
Or, that oaths made in reverential fear
Of Love, and his wrath, any may forswear?
Or, as true deaths, true marriages untie,
So lovers' contracts, images of those,
Bind but till sleep, death's image, them unloose?
Or, your own end to justify,
For having purposed change, and falsehood, you
Can have no way but falsehood to be true?
Vain lunatic, against these 'scapes I could
Dispute and conquer, if I would,
Which I abstain to do,
For by tomorrow, I may think so too.




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