Oft have I sigh'd

Oft have I sigh'd for him that hears me not:
Who absent hath both love and me forgot.
O yet I languish still, through his delay.
Days seem as years, when wish'd friends break their day.

Had he but lov'd as common lovers use,
His faithless stay some kindness would excuse:
O yet I languish still, still constand mourn
For him that can break vows, but not return.

by Thomas Campion (1567-1620)

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by Thomas Campion (1567-1620) , "Oft have I sigh'd"

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