Love
The Fair Inconstant
From Works (1913), vol. I
DOST thou still hope thou shalt be fair,
When no more fair to me?
Or those that by thee taken were
Hold their captivity?
Is this thy confidence? No, no;
Trust it not; it can not be so.
But thou too late, too late shalt find
’Twas I that made thee fair;
Thy beauties never from thy mind
But from my loving were;
And those delights that did thee stole
Confessed the vicinage of my soul.
The rosy reflex of my heart
Did thy pale cheek attire;
And what I was, not what thou art,
Did gazers-on admire.
Go, and too late thou shalt confess
I looked thee into loveliness!
Cite this poem
MLA
Thompson, Francis. “The Fair Inconstant.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/thompson/105/.
Chicago
Thompson, Francis. “The Fair Inconstant.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/thompson/105/.
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