In loving thee thou know'st I am forsworn

Sonnet 152

In loving thee thou know'st I am forsworn

«William Shakespeare»

In loving thee thou know'st I am forsworn,

 But thou art twice forsworn to me love swearing,

 In act thy bed-vow broke and new faith torn,

 In vowing new hate after new love bearing:

 But why of two oaths' breach do I accuse thee,

 When I break twenty? I am perjured most,

 For all my vows are oaths but to misuse thee:

 And all my honest faith in thee is lost.

 For I have sworn deep oaths of thy deep kindness:

 Oaths of thy love, thy truth, thy constancy,

 And to enlighten thee gave eyes to blindness,

 Or made them swear against the thing they see.

 For I have sworn thee fair: more perjured I,

 To swear against the truth so foul a be.