Love

Oft have I sighed for him that hears me not

by Thomas Campion 1567–1620

From The Third Book of Airs (c. 1617)

Love

Oft have I sighed for him that hears me not;
Who absent hath both love and me forgot.
O yet I languish still through his delay:
Days seem as years when wished friends break their day.

Had he but loved as common lovers use,
His faithless stay some kindness would excuse:
O yet I languish still, still constant mourn
For him that can break vows but not return.

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The Third Book of Airs (c. 1617)

MLA

Campion, Thomas. “Oft have I sighed for him that hears me not.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/campion/69/.

Chicago

Campion, Thomas. “Oft have I sighed for him that hears me not.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/campion/69/.

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