To Oenone
1591-1674
WHAT conscience, say, is it in thee,
When I a heart had one,
To take away that heart from me,
And to retain thy own?
For shame or pity now incline
To play a loving part;
Either to send me kindly thine,
Or give me back my heart.
Covet not both; but if thou dost
Resolve to part with neither,
Why, yet to show that thou art just,
Take me and mine together!
DayPoems Poem No. 265
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/265.html">To Oenone by Robert Herrick</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
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