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CONSTANCY by JOHN WILMOT

Poet Analysis

First Line: I CANNOT CHANGE, AS OTHERS DO
Last Line: CAN NEVER BREAK IN VAIN.
Subject(s): FIDELITY; FAITHFULNESS; CONSTANCY;
I CANNOT change, as others do,
Though you unjustly scorn;
Since that poor swain that sighs for you
For you alone was born.
No, Phillis, no; your heart to move
A surer way I'll try;
And, to revenge my slighted love,
Will still love on and die.

When kill'd with grief Amyntas lies,
And you to mind shall call
The sighs that now unpitied rise,
The tears that vainly fall --
That welcome hour, that ends this smart,
Will then begin your pain;
For such a faithful tender heart
Can never break in vain.



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