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INCONSTANCY EXCUSED by JOHN SHEFFIELD

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First Line: I MUST CONFESS I AM UNTRUE
Last Line: I SIGH MY SOUL AWAY.
Subject(s): UNFAITHFULNESS; INFIDELITY; ADULTERY; INCONSTANCY;
I MUST confess I am untrue
To Gloriana's eyes;
But he that's smil'd upon by you,
Must all the world despise.

In winter, fires of little worth
Excite our dull desire;
But when the sun breaks kindly forth,
Those fainter flames expire.

Then blame me not for slighting now
What I did once adore;
O, do but this one change allow,
And I can change no more:

Fixt by your never failing charms,
Till I with age decay,
Till languishing within your arms,
I sigh my soul away.



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