False or True

False or True How sharp my pain if thou as false appear, . And rapt my soul when I beleive thee true! How chills my heart at hidden danger near, As if my breath the upas poison drew! If some unguarded word deceptions show, Or glance of waywardness a fault reveals, Then peace not any of my moments know, And yet a kiss, again, my anger steals! Thus I exult, or anguish in my fears, Love brings me triumph or this aching brow, I list unto the music of the spheres, Or whisper, as I fear, thy broken vow : Yet prove still true, or "false as Cressid" be, Not time nor fate can take love's past from me! Alfred Lambourne