Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG, by MARY SIDNEY WROTH


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First Line: Who can blame me if I love
Last Line: Who can blame me?
Alternate Author Name(s): Wroth, Mary, Lady; Montgomery, Countess Of
Subject(s): Love


Who can blame me if I love,
Since Love before the world did move?
When I lov'd not, I despair'd,
Scarce for handsomeness I car'd;
Since so much I am refined,
As new-framed of state and mind,
Who can blame me if I love,
Since Love before the world did move?

Some in truth of Love beguil'd,
Have him blind and childish styl'd;
But let none in these persist,
Since so judging judgment miss'd.
Who can blame me?

Love in chaos did appear;
When nothing was, yet he seem'd clear:
Nor when light could be descried,
To his crown a light was tied.
Who can blame me?

Love is truth and doth delight,
Whereas Honour shines most bright;
Reason's self doth Love approve,
Which makes us ourselves to love.
Who can blame me?

Could I my past time begin,
I would not commit such sin,
To live an hour, and not to love;
Since Love makes us perfect prove,
Who can blame me?





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