English poem
Sonnet 152: In loving thee thou know'st I am forsworn
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 I, To swear against the truth so foul a lie!
More by William Shakespeare
- Sonnet 146: Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth
- Sonnet 147: My love is as a fever longing still
- Sonnet 149: Canst thou, O cruel! say I love thee not
- Sonnet 14: Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck
- Sonnet 153: Cupid laid by his brand and fell asleep
- Sonnet 154: The little Love-god lying once asleep
- Sonnet 15: When I consider every thing that grows
- Sonnet 16: But wherefore do not you a mightier way