David Tuvill ( 10 of 47 )
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.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.
And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.
He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft
remonstrance.
He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft
remonstrance.
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!
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
