O thou unfaithful, still as ever dearest,

That in thy beauty to my eyes appearest,

In fancy rising now to re-awaken

My love unshaken;

All thou’st forgotten, but no change can free thee,

No hate unmake thee; as thou wert I see thee,

And am contented, eye from fond eye meeting

Its ample greeting.

O thou my star of stars, among things wholly

Devoted, sacred, dim and melancholy,