Then why should I be parted from my love?And yet by me you once devoutly swore,By your own eyes, those stars that I adore,That all my bus'ness you would make your own,And never suffer me to be alone:But faithless woman nat'rally deceives,Their frequent oaths are like the falling leaves,Which when a storm has from the branches toreAre lost by ev'ry blast, and seen no more:Yet if you will be true, your vows retrieve,Be kind, and I can easily forgive ;Prepare your coach, to me direct your course,Drive fiercely on, and lash the lazy horse;And while you ride I will prolong the day,And try the power of verse to smooth your way.Sink down ye mountains, sink ye lofty hills,Ye vallies be obedient to her wheels,Ye streams be dry, ye hindr'ing woods remove,'Tis love that drives, and all must yield to love !
Elegy XVII: He tells
Corinna he
will always be her slave
If there's a wretch, who thinks it is a shame,