The Forsaken Wife
Elizabeth Thomas
1675 to 1731
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I will be true in spite of fate;
That dares to suffer what I do;
I then will own your prior claim
My broken heart, your broken vows.
To be for ever still the same.
Methinks, ’tis strange you can’t afford
But what’s humanity to you?
And one preeminence I’ll claim,
Show me a man that dare be true,
To love, to honour, and to fame;
One pitying look, one parting word;
Yet maugre all your rigid hate,
Humanity claims this as due,
And ever love without regard:
I yet superior am to you.
Your want of love my ruin shows,
That can for ever sigh unheard,
Cruel man! I am not blind,
Your infidelity I find;
But till that time, my dear, adieu,
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