University of Virginia Library

Search this document 

collapse section 
 1. 
 2. 
 2a. 
 3. 
 4. 
 5. 
 6. 
 6a. 
 7. 
 8. 
 9. 
 10. 
 11. 
 12. 
 13. 
 14. 
 15. 
 16. 
 17. 
 18. 
 19. 
 20. 
 21. 
 22. 
 23. 
 24. 
 25. 
 26. 
 27. 
 28. 
 29. 
 30. 
 31. 
 32. 
 33. 
 34. 
 34. 
 35. 
 36. 
 37. 
 38. 
 39. 
 40. 
 41. 
 42. 
 43. 
 44. 
 45. 
 46. 
 47. 
 48. 
48. [Vpon his unconstant Mistress]
 49. 
 50. 
 51. 
 52. 
 53. 
 54. 
 55. 
 56. 
expand section 


189

48. [Vpon his unconstant Mistress]

Why did I wrong my Iudgment soe
As to affect where I did know
There was noe hold for to be taken?
That which her heart thirsts after most,
If once of it her hope can boast,
Straite by her folly is forsaken.
Thus while I still persue in vaine,
Methinkes I turne a childe againe
And of my shadow am a chaseing,
For all her favours are to mee
Like apparitions which I see,
Yet never can come neare th'imbraceing.
Oft have I wish'd that there had beene
Some Almanack whereby to have seene
When love with her had beene in season,
But I perceive there is noe Art
Can finde the Epact of a heart
That loves by chance and not by reason.
Yet will I not for this dispaire,
But time her humour may prepare
To love him who is now neglected,
For what vnto my Constancy
Is now deny'd, one day may be
From her Inconstancy expected.