And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted,

And right perfection wrongfully disgraced,

And strength by limping sway disablèd,

And art made tongue-tied by authority,

And folly, doctor-like, controlling skill,

And simple truth miscall’d simplicity,

And captive Good attending captain Ill:—

Tired with all these, from these would I be gone,

Save that, to die, I leave my Love alone.

Written in London, September, 1802