AS TO HIS CHOICE OF HER <br />If I had chosen thee, thou shouldst have been <br />A virgin proud, untamed, immaculate, <br />Chaste as the morning star, a saint, a queen, <br />Scarred by no wars, no violence of hate. <br />Thou shouldst have been of soul commensurate <br />With thy fair body, brave and virtuous <br />And kind and just; and, if of poor estate, <br />At least an honest woman for my house. <br />I would have had thee come of honoured blood <br />And honourable nurture. Thou shouldst bear <br />Sons to my pride and daughters to my heart, <br />And men should hold thee happy, wise, and good. <br />Lo, thou art none of this, but only fair. <br />Yet must I love thee, dear, and as thou art.<br /><br />Wilfrid Scawen Blunt<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-love-sonnets-of-proteus-part-i-to-manon-viii/
