Concealment

No; to what purpose should I speak?

No, wretched heart! swell till you break.

She cannot love me if she would;

And, to say truth, ’twere pity that she should.

No; to the grave thy sorrows bear;

As silent as they will be there:

Since that lov’d hand this mortal wound does give,

So handsomely the thing contrive,

That she may guiltless of it live;

So perish, that her killing thee

May a chance-medley,and no murder, be.

‘Tis nobler much for me, that I

By her beauty, not her anger, die:

This will look justly, and become

An execution; that, a martyrdom.

The censuring world will ne’er refrain

From judging men by thunder slain.

She must be angry, sure, if I should be

So bold to ask her to make me,

By being hers, happier than she!

I will not; ‘t is a milder fate

To fall by her not loving, than her hate.

And yet this death of mine, I fear,

Will ominous to her appear;

When, sound in every other part,

Her sacrifice is found without an heart;

For the last tempest of my death

Shall sigh out that too with my breath.

Then shall the world my noble ruin see,

Some pity and some envy me;

Then she herself, the mighty she,

Shall grace my funerals with this truth;

” ‘T was only Love destroy’d the gentle youth.”

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• Жан де Лафонтен – Садовод и Помещик by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Пьяница и Жена его by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Предостережение богов Симониду by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Павлин, жалующийся Юноне by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Осел со священной ношей by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Осел и Собака by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Орел и Сова by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Орел, Дикая Свинья и Кошка by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Обезьяна и Дельфин by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Мужчина средних лет и его две Возлюбленные by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Мельник, Сын его и Осел by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Львиный указ by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Лисица, Мухи и Еж by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Лисица и Аист by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Лев, сраженный Человеком by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Лес и Дровосек by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Ласочка в амбаре by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Кошка, превращенная в женщину by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Карман by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Городская и полевая Крысы by Jean de La Fontaine

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