My Heart Shall Merry Still Poem by Robinson Jonathan Dare

This is suppose to be a patrachian sonnet - consisting of fourteen lines broken down into two stanzas of eight and six lines respectively.

The poem paints a lover who so much loves his mistress. He goes ahead to bring out some of the adorable virtues and physical attributes of his mistress. He patiently waits to take her to the altar someday.

In the second stanza however, a 'prophet' comes to say that the personae (the poet) is the left man (not the right husband) for her to marry. His mistress believes all the 'prophet' says and ditched her lover.

The poet is heartbroken, but, for the passionate love he has for his mistress, he promises to continue loving her, even if both of them don't marry each other and moreso when both of them exit this earth.

I ask: Which is greater, PROPHECY or LOVE?