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INCONSTANCY by RENE FRANCOIS ARMAND PRUDHOMME

First Line: O QUEEN OF MY BELOVED ONES
Last Line: FOR WHOM I'LL DIE TOMORROW.
Subject(s): UNFAITHFULNESS; INFIDELITY; ADULTERY; INCONSTANCY;

O queen of my beloved ones,
Know that I've named them all my suns,
My queens, each in her turn.
Each beautiful, unparalleled. ...
And every one I have beheld
For you I gladly spurn.

And every one I love much more,
But every one that I adore
Charms me with deeper sorrow;
And you, the latest on the throne,
I love you less than the unknown
For whom I'll die tomorrow.



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