Poem by Robert Herrick

To Oenone

What conscience, say, is it in thee,
When I a heart had one, [won]
To take away that heart from me,
And to retain thy own?

For shame or pity, now incline
To play a loving part;
Either to send me kindly thine,
Or give me back my heart.

Covet not both; but if thou dost
Resolve to part with neither;
Why!  yet to shew that thou art just,
Take me and mine together.

1. Upon Mrs Eliz. Wheeler, under the Name of Amarillis
2. Orpheus
3. How Springs Came First
4. Upon Love: By Way of Question and Answer
5. Comfort to a Youth That Had Lost His Love

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