Defamed guiltiness by silence unkept, My name all slanderous, my fault detect; Guilty, I grant that I have done amiss. Shall I never do so again, forgive me this. Betrayed by trust and so beguiled, By promise unjust my name defiled; Wherefore I grant that I have done amiss. Will I never do so again, forgive me this. Accept mine excuse for this offence And spare not to refuse me your presence. Unless ye perceive ye do refrain From doing amiss, will I live again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ODE TO THE FRAMERS OF THE FRAME BILL by GEORGE GORDON BYRON WITCH-WIFE by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY MASSACRE OF THE MACPHERSON by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN A DESCRIPTION OF LONDON by JOHN BANCKS THE BODING DREAMS by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 44. FAREWELL TO JULIET (6) by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT TO MARY RUSSELL MITFORD, IN HER GARDEN by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |