Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO MICHAL: SONNETS AFTER MARRIAGE: 3. APOLOGY FOR NEGLECT, by CHARLES WILLIAMS


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TO MICHAL: SONNETS AFTER MARRIAGE: 3. APOLOGY FOR NEGLECT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Pardon, my fair! Subdue those angry lights!
Last Line: But never yours, nor your desired content.
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


PARDON, my Fair! subdue those angry lights!
Penitence shall with industry combine
In restoration of exacted rights
Which, being grudged, were and yet were not mine.
'Twas but an hour—and yet 'twas thrice too long—
That left your lonely wilful head unkissed;
And what that can be wrought, sonnet or song,
Shall recompense you for such gladness missed?
Henceforward I forswear the golden lure,
The turning wheel, the watch, the breathless pause,
The Muse, and all the covetous game unsure,
For love's domestic and sedater laws.
Well may my purse of time in play be spent,
But never yours, nor your desired content.





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