A thousand martyrs I have made,

All sacrificed to my desire;

A thousand beauties have betrayed,

That languish in resistless fire.

The untamed heart to hand I brought,

And fixed the wild and wandering thought.



I never vowed nor sighed in vain

But both, though false, were well received.

The fair are pleased to give us pain,

And what they wish is soon believed.

And though I talked of wounds and smart,

Love’s pleasures only touched my heart.



Alone the glory and the spoil

I always laughing bore away;

The triumphs, without pain or toil,

Without the hell, the heav’n of joy.

And while I thus at random rove

Despise the fools that whine for love.

Read these lines from the poem. PLZ help:)


A thousand martyrs I have made,

All sacrificed to my desire;

What effect does the image of "a thousand martyrs" have on the meaning of the poem?

A.It evokes the suffering that the speaker has caused for many of her partners.

B.It describes the heartache the speaker feels for hurting others in relationships.

C.It conveys the idea that love means giving up everything for another person.

D.It stresses that romantic relationships frequently end badly.