Sir Edward Sherburne (1618-1702). The Vow. William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. 1910. The Book of Restoration Verse

William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910.

The Vow

By Sir Edward Sherburne (1618–1702)


BY my life I vow,
That my life art thou,
By my heart and by my eyes,
But thy faith denies
To my juster oath t’ incline,	5
For thou say’st I swear by thine.

By this sigh I swear,
By this falling tear,
By the undeservèd pains
My griev’d soul sustains:	10
Now thou may’st believe my moan,
These are too too much my own.