Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NO CONSTANCY IN MAN, by HENRY LAWES


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First Line: Begone, begone thou perjured man
Last Line: No constant thought remain in man.
Subject(s): Distrust


BEGONE, begone thou perjured man,
And never more return,
For know that thy inconstancy
Hath changed my love to scorn.
Thou hast awaked me, and I can
See clearly there's no truth in man.

My love to thee was chaste and pure
As is the morning dew,
And 'twas alone like to endure
Had'st thou not proved untrue;
But I'm awaked and now I can
See clearly there's no truth in man.

Thou may'st perhaps prevail upon
Some other to believe thee,
And since thou canst love more than one,
Ne'er think that it shall grieve me;
For th'hast awaked me, and I can
See clearly there's no truth in man.

By thy apostasy I find
That love is placed amiss,
And can't continue in the mind
Where virtue wanting is;
I'm now resolved, and know there can
No constant thought remain in man.





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