Longer to muse On this refuse I will not use, But study to forget; Let my all go, Since well I know To be my foe Her heart is firmly set. Since my intent So truly meant Cannot content Her mind as I do see, To tell you plain It were in vain For so small gain To lose my liberty. For if he thrive That will go strive A ship to drive Against the stream and wind, Undoubtedly Then thrive should I To love truly A cruel-hearted mind. But sith that so The world doth go That every woe By yielding doth increase, As I have told I will be bold Thereby my pains to cease. Praying you all That after shall By fortune fall Into this foolish trade, Have in your mind, As I do find, That oft by kind All women's love do fade. Wherefore apace, Come take my place Some man that has A lust to burn the feet; For since that she Refuseth me, I must agree, And perdy to forget. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROBERT BRUCE'S ADDRESS TO HIS ARMY BEFORE BANNOCKBURN by ROBERT BURNS A PASTORAL DIALOGUE: SHEPHERD, NYMPH, CHORUS by THOMAS CAREW TO FINE LADY WOULD-BE by BEN JONSON A PROPHECY by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR THE COMING by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE |