Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VOWS, by ADA CAMBRIDGE Poet's Biography First Line: Nay, ask me not. I would not dare pretend Last Line: Faith is not faith, and love abides no more. Alternate Author Name(s): Cross, George, Mrs. Subject(s): Fidelity; Faithfulness; Constancy | ||||||||
Nay, ask me not. I would not dare pretend To constant passion and a life-long trust. They will desert thee, if indeed they must. How can we guess what Destiny will send -- Smiles of fair fortune, or black storms to rend What even now is shaken by a gust? The fire will burn, or it will die in dust. We cannot tell until the final end. And never vow was forged that could confine Aught but the body of the thing whereon Its pledge was stamped. The inner soul divine, That thinks of going, is already gone. When faith and love need bolts upon the door, Faith is not faith, and love abides no more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARGUING BARTUSIAK by ALBERT GOLDBARTH THE VISIONARY by EMILY JANE BRONTE THE PROTESTATION by THOMAS CAREW A VALEDICTION: OF MY NAME IN THE WINDOW by JOHN DONNE ELEGY: 11. THE BRACELET; UPON THE LOSS OF HIS MISTRESS'S CHAIN by JOHN DONNE WOMAN'S CONSTANCY by JOHN DONNE NON SUM QUALIS ERAM BONAE SUB REGNO CYNARAE by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON |
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