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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FORSAKEN MAID (2), by WILLIAM HAMMOND Poet's Biography
First Line: Know, falsest man, as my love was
Last Line: Attain'd, come then, and I'll scorn thee.
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of
First Line: Know, falsest man, as my love was
Last Line: Attain'd, come then, and I'll scorn thee.
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of
KNOW, falsest Man, as my love was
Greater than thine, or thy desert,
My scorn shall likewise thine surpass,
And thus I tear thee from my heart.
Thou art so far my love below,
That than my anger thou art less;
I neither love nor quarrel now,
But pity thy unworthiness.
Go join, before thou think to wed,
Thy heart and tongue in wedlock's knot:
Can peace be reaped from his bed,
Who with himself accordeth not?
Go learn to weigh thy words upon
The balance of reality,
And having that perfection
Attain'd, come then, and I'll scorn thee.
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