English Poetry. John Harington. Ingratitude. Джон Харингтон.

John Harington (Джон Харингтон)

Ingratitude

  Unthankfulness is that great sin,
    Which made the devil and his angels fall:
  Lost him and them the joys that they were in,
    And now in hell detains them bound in thrall.

John Harington’s other poems:

1. On the Wares in Ireland
2. An Elegy of a Pointed Diamond Given by the Author to His Wife at the Birth of His Eldest Son
3. Slander
4. Beauty
5. О мятеже • Of Treason

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