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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FAITHLESS AND THE CONSTANT, by WILLIAM WATSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Thou who at will canst fling
Last Line: Never to leave me.
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Fidelity; Faithfulness; Constancy
First Line: Thou who at will canst fling
Last Line: Never to leave me.
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Fidelity; Faithfulness; Constancy
THOU who at will canst fling
Thine insolent alms or bid me pine defrauded, --
Compared to Sorrow thou'rt a shallow thing,
Joy, the much lauded.
Ah, with pale promise, thou
Awhile perhaps mayst hoodwink and deceive me,
But it is Sorrow that hath kept her vow
Never to leave me.
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