Constancy

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 I cannot change, as others do,
 Though you unjustly scorn;
 Since that poor swain, that sighs for you
 For you alone was born.
 No, Phyllis, no, your heart to move
 A surer way I’ll try:
 And to revenge my slighted love,
Will still love on, will still love on, and die.

 When, kill’d with grief, Amyntas lies;
 And you to mind shall call
 The sighs that now unpitied rise;
 The tears that vainly fall:
 That welcome hour that ends this smart,
 Will then begin your pain;
 For such a faithful, tender heart
Can never break, can never break in vain.

© John Wilmot