Oh! then thy heart an equal change will prove,

And mourn the coldness that repell’d my love,

When tears and penitence will all be vain;

And I shall see thee weep for days gone by,

And in thy deep regret and fruitless sigh,

Find amplest vengeance for my former pain.

[56] “Your eyes are lode-stars.”—Shakespeare.

SONNET 178.

“Já cantei, já chorei a dura guerra.”

Oft have I sung and mourn’d the bitter woes