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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INCONSTANCY, by EDWARD HERBERT Poet's Biography
First Line: Inconstancy's the greatest of sins
Last Line: Like the same body in another place.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cherbury, 1st Baron Herbert Of; Herbert Of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron; Herbert Of Cherbury, Lord
Subject(s): Unfaithfulness; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy
First Line: Inconstancy's the greatest of sins
Last Line: Like the same body in another place.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cherbury, 1st Baron Herbert Of; Herbert Of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron; Herbert Of Cherbury, Lord
Subject(s): Unfaithfulness; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy
INCONSTANCY 's the greatest of sins,
It neither ends well nor begins;
All other faults we simply do:
This, 'tis the same fault and next too.
Inconstancy no sin will prove,
If we consider that we love
But the same beauty in another face,
Like the same body in another place.
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