David Tuvill ( 10 of 47 )
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.
And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
