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John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester was an English libertine, a friend of King Charles II, and the writer of much satirical and bawdy poetry.
He was the toast of the Restoration court and a patron of the arts. He married an heiress, Elizabeth Malet, but had many mistresses, including the actress Elizabeth Barry and drank himself to death at the tender age of 33.
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Thou treacherous, base deserter of my flame,
False to my passion, fatal to my fame,
Through what mistaken magic dost thou prove
So true to lewdness, so untrue to love?
When vice, disease, and scandal lead the way
With what officious haste dost thou obey!
Nor shall the sight of honourable scars,
Which my too forward valour did procure,
Frighten new-listed soldiers from the wars:
Past joys have more than paid what I endure.
Before your pity I would choose your hate.
In that most lamentable state,
I’ll make her feel my scorn and hate,
Pelt her with scandals (truth or lies)
And her poor cur with jealousies,
Till I have torn him from her breech,
While she whines like a dog-drawn bitch,
Loathed and despised, kicked out of Town
Into some dirty hole alone
To chew the cud of misery,
And know she owes it all to me.
How blest was the created state
Of man and woman ere they fell
Compared to our unhappy fate:
We need not fear another hell.
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