Confined Love
John Donne
1572 to 1631
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Some man unworthy to be possessor
Of old or love, himselfe being false or weake,
Thought his paine shame would be lesser,
If on womankind he might anger wreake,
And thence a law did grow,
might but one man know;
But are other creatures so?
Are Sunne, Moone, or Starres by law forbidden,
To where they list, or lend away their light?
Are divorc'd, or are they chidden
If they leave mate, or lie abroad a night?
Beasts doe no lose
Though they new lovers choose,
But we are worse then those.
Who e'r rigg'd faire ship to in harbors,
And not to seeke new lands, not to deale withall?
Or built faire houses, set trees, and arbors,
Only to lock up, or else to them fall?
Good is not good, unlesse
A thousand possesse,
But doth wast with greedinesse.