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Wilfrid Scawen Blunt - The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part II: To Juliet: XXXVI
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TO ONE WHO WOULD ``REMAIN FRIENDS``
 What is this prate of friendship? Kings discrowned
 Go forth, not citizens but outlawed men.
 If love has ceased to give a loyal sound,
 Let there at least be silence. Once again
 I go, proscribed, exiled, dominionless
 Out of your coasts, yet scorning to complain.
 I grudge not your allegiance nor my bliss,
 I yield the pleasure as I keep the pain.
 Rebellion`s rights are limited though strong.
 The right to take gives not the right to give.
 Mine were the sole right and prerogative
 To give a title or forgive a wrong.
 This gift of friendship was not yours to bring.
 As I have lived in love I still will live
 Or die, if needs must, and without reprieve,
 Your lover yet, and kingdomless a king.
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