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Wilfrid Scawen Blunt - The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part I: To Manon: VIII
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AS TO HIS CHOICE OF HER
 If I had chosen thee, thou shouldst have been
 A virgin proud, untamed, immaculate,
 Chaste as the morning star, a saint, a queen,
 Scarred by no wars, no violence of hate.
 Thou shouldst have been of soul commensurate
 With thy fair body, brave and virtuous
 And kind and just; and, if of poor estate,
 At least an honest woman for my house.
 I would have had thee come of honoured blood
 And honourable nurture. Thou shouldst bear
 Sons to my pride and daughters to my heart,
 And men should hold thee happy, wise, and good.
 Lo, thou art none of this, but only fair.
 Yet must I love thee, dear, and as thou art.
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