Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MERIT OF INCONSTANCY, by RICHARD LOVELACE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Why dost thou say I am forsworn Last Line: Did I still doat upon that face. Subject(s): Unfaithfulness; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy | ||||||||
WHY dost thou say I am forsworn, Since thine I vowed to be? Lady, it is already morn; It was last night I swore to thee That food impossibility. Yet have I loved thee well, and long; A tedious twelve-hours' space! I should all other beauties wrong, And rob thee of a new embrace, Did I still doat upon that face. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A RITUAL AS OLD AS TIME ITSELF by PETER JOHNSON THE RING AND THE CASTLE by AMY LOWELL SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. MERRITT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. PURKAPILE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: TOM MERRITT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS IF THERE'S A GOD... by GREGORY ORR GRATIANA DANCING AND SINGING by RICHARD LOVELACE LA BELLA BONA ROBA by RICHARD LOVELACE THE GRASSHOPPER; TO MY NOBLE FRIEND MR. CHARLES COTTON by RICHARD LOVELACE |
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