I am ready and ever will be To do you service with honesty. There is nothing that lacks in me But that I have not. My poor heart always and my mind Fixed in yours you shall still find. To love you best reason doth bind Although I have not. And for your sake I would be glad To have much more than I have had, The lack whereof doth make me sad Because I have not. For I do love ye faithfully And ye me again right secretly. Of let there is no cause why But that I have not. If I you once of that might sure, Our love should increase and endure. To study therefore it is my cure How I might have. Such are called friends nowadays Which do muse and study always Betwixt young lovers to put delays Because they have not. But this resisteth all my trust, verily, That ye again will love me steadfastly. And let thy word pass, as it hath done, hardily Till that we have. But for this time, sweetheart, adieu. Continue faithful and I will be true And love thee still, whatsoever ensue, Although I have not. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CAESAR'S LOST TRANSPORT SHIPS by ROBERT FROST THE CRY OF THE HUMAN by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE DREAM by GEORGE GORDON BYRON A PRAYER IN SPRING by ROBERT FROST A VISION OF CONNAUGHT IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY by JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN THE TENT ON THE BEACH: 11. ABRAHAM DAVENPORT by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE IMPROVISATORE: THE INDUCTION TO THE FIRST FYTTE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |