Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.rnVol. III. The Eighteenth Century: Addison to Blake
William Congreve (16701729)Song: False though she be to me and love
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I ’ll ne’er pursue revenge;
For still the charmer I approve,
Though I deplore her change.
They could not always last;
And though the present I regret
I ’m grateful for the past.