IN loving thee thou know'st I am forsworn, But thou art twice forsworn to me love swearing, In act thy bed-vow broke and new faith torn, In vowing new hate after new love bearing: But why of two oaths' breach do I accuse thee, When I break twenty: I am perjur'd most, For all my vows are oaths but to misuse thee: And all my honest faith in thee is lost.
For I have sworn deep oaths of thy deep kindness: Oaths of thy love, thy truth, thy constancy, And to enlighten thee gave eyes to blindness, Or made them swear against the thing they see.
For I have sworn thee fair: more perjur'd eye, To swear against the truth so foul a lie.
