In loving thee thou know'st I am forsworn, But thou art twice forsworn, to me love swearing, In act thy bed-vow broke and new faith torn, In vowing new hate after new love bearing. But why of two oaths' breach do I accuse thee, When I break twenty? I am perjured most; For all my vows are oaths but to misuse thee And all my honest faith in thee is lost, For I have sworn deep oaths of thy deep kindness, Oaths of thy love, thy truth, thy constancy, And, to enlighten thee, gave eyes to blindness, Or made them swear against the thing they see; For I have sworn thee fair; more perjured I, To swear against the truth so foul a lie! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A LETTER TO A POLICEMAN IN KANSAS CITY by KENNETH PATCHEN ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID, OR THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS by ROBERT BURNS HER DILEMMA; IN CHURCH by THOMAS HARDY TO ELECTRA (1) by ROBERT HERRICK AMERICA by JAMES MONROE WHITFIELD I LIFT MY CANDLE by ELLEN ANDERSON ALMOND BLOSSOM by EDWIN ARNOLD NORTH WIND, SOUTH WIND by MARY BISHOP BULLARD THE WANDERER: 1. IN ITALY: NEWS by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |