William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910.
Inconstancy ExcusedJohn Sheffield, Duke of Buckinghamshire (16481721)
I
To Gloriana’s eyes;
But he that’s smiled upon by you
Must all the world despise.
Excite our dull desire;
But when the sun breaks kindly forth
Those fainter flames expire.
What I did once adore:
O do but this one change allow,
And I can change no more;
Till I with age decay,
Till languishing within your arms
I sigh my soul away.