| Herbert J.C. Grierson, ed. (1886–1960). Metaphysical Lyrics & Poems of the 17th C. 1921. |
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| Thomas Stanley |
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| 54. The Repulse |
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| NOT that by this disdain | |
| I am releas'd, | |
| And freed from thy tyrannick chain, | |
| Do I my self think blest; | |
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| Nor that thy Flame shall burn | 5 |
| No more; for know | |
| That I shall into ashes turn, | |
| Before this fire doth so. | |
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| Nor yet that unconfin'd | |
| I now may rove, | 10 |
| And with new beauties please my mind; | |
| But that thou ne'r didst love: | |
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| For since thou hast no part | |
| Felt of this flame, | |
| I onely from thy tyrant heart | 15 |
| Repuls'd, not banish'd am. | |
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| To loose what once was mine | |
| Would grieve me more | |
| Then those inconstant sweets of thine | |
| Had pleas'd my soul before. | 20 |
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| Now I have not lost the blisse | |
| I ne'r possest; | |
| And spight of fate am blest in this, | |
| That I was never blest. | |
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