Patience for my device, Impatience for your part; Of contraries the guise Is ever the overthwart. Patience, for I am true, The contrary for you. Patience, a good cause why You have no cause at all; Therefore you standeth awry, Perchance sometime to fall; Patience then take him up, And drink of patience' cup. Patience, no force for that, But brush your gown again; Patience, spurn not thereat; Let no man know your pain; Patience even at my pleasure, When yours is out of measure. Th' other was for me, This patience is for you; Change when ye list let see, For I have taken anew; Patience, with a good will, Is easy to fulfill. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 41 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING CHARLESTON by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE HIS CONTENT IN THE COUNTRY by ROBERT HERRICK MOTHER O' MINE by RUDYARD KIPLING THE GHOST by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM AUGURY by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN ON MISTRESS NEVILLE; TO THE GREEN SICKNESS by THOMAS CAREW |