Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BALLAD TO THE TUNE OF TROY TOWN, by PATRICK CAREY Poet's Biography First Line: Fair beauties! If I do confess Last Line: Then, kindly we'll shake hands, and part. Subject(s): Troy | ||||||||
I FAIR beauties! If I do confess Myself inconstant in my drink, You ought not to love me the less, I say but that which most men think: And (troth) there is less hurtful art In a light tongue, than a false heart. II Some use to swear that you will find Nothing but truth within their breasts; Yet waver more than does the wind, When in a tempest least it rests; Nought of my thoughts I say to you, But what you'll find to be most true. III More than I promise, I'll perform; They give you oaths, but keep them not: You build i' th' air, whenas you form False hopes on vows long since forgot. Leave, leave them, then, and deal with me, So you will ne'er deceived be. IV Fairly beforehand I declare, That when I'm weary, I shall leave: Forewarned thus, you'll be aware, Whilst falser men would ye deceive: Besides, in this I nothing do But what I'd swear you will do too. V When of your love I weary grow, Before I change, I'll tell you on't; Do you the same when you are so, And give me time to think upon't; Elsewhere I soon shall place my heart, Then, kindly we'll shake hands, and part. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HELEN OF TROY DOES COUNTER DANCING by MARGARET ATWOOD DESTROYING BEAUTY by CHARLES BUKOWSKI WHAT LIGHT DESTROYS by ANDREW HUDGINS A MOTEL IN TROY, NEW YORK by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN A MAN NAMED TROY by REGINALD SHEPHERD LETTER TO GOD FROM ETHAN AMOS BOYD, TROY, NY, 1929 by ANNE STEVENSON A MOMENT IN TROY by WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA HELEN OF TROY by SARA TEASDALE |
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