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