An Introduction to the Prose and Poetical Works of John Milton / Comprising All the Autobiographic Passages in His Works, the More Explicit Presentations of His Ideas of True Liberty.

by John Milton

And of my nation, chose thee from among

My enemies, loved thee, as too well thou knew'st,

Too well; unbosomed all my secrets to thee,

Not out of levity, but overpowered 880

By thy request, who could deny thee nothing;

Yet now am judged an enemy. Why, then,

Didst thou at first receive me for thy husband,

Then, as since then, thy country's foe professed?

Being once a wife, for me thou wast to leave 885

Parents and country; nor was I their subject,