Modern Declaration by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Modern Declaration

I, having loved ever since I was a child a few things, never having

       wavered

In these affections; never through shyness in the houses of the rich

       or in the presence of clergymen having denied these loves;

Never when worked upon by cynics like chiropractors having grunted

       or clicked a vertebra to the discredit of these loves;

Never when anxious to land a job having diminished them by a

       conniving smile; or when befuddled by drink

Jeered at them through heartache or lazily fondled the fingers of

      their alert enemies; declare 

That I shall love you always.

No matter what party is in power;

No matter what temporarily expedient combination of allied interests

       wins the war;

Shall love you always.