The Mind

A farewell to conceipt

by Nicholas Breton c. 1545–1626

From Melancholike Humours (1600)

The Mind

FAREWELL conceit: Cōceit no more wel fare,
Hope feeds the heart with humours, to no end:
Fortune is false in dealing of her share:
Vertue, in heauen, must only seeke a friend.

Adieu desire▪ desire, no more adieu.
Will hath no leasure to regard desart:
Loue findes, too late, the prouerbe all too true,
That beauties eyes stoode neuer in her heart.

Away poore loue: loue, seeke no more a way
Vnto thy woe, where wishing is no wealth:
In nightes deepe darkenesse, neuer looke for day,
Nor in hearts sicknesse, euer seeke for health.

Desire, conceipt, away, adieu, farewell.
Loue is deceiu'd, that seeks for heauen in hell.

MLA

Breton, Nicholas. “A farewell to conceipt.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/breton/32/.

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Breton, Nicholas. “A farewell to conceipt.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/breton/32/.

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