English Poetry. Thomas Moore. An Argument. Томас Мур.

Thomas Moore (Томас Мур)

An Argument

I've oft been told by learned friars,
That wishing and the crime are one,
And Heaven punishes desires
As much as if the deed were done.

If wishing damns us, you and I
Are damned to all our heart's content;
Come, then, at least we may enjoy
Some pleasure for our punishment! 

Thomas Moore’s other poems:

1. From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 57
2. From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 59
3. From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 64
4. From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 62
5. From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 61

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

Vachel Lindsay (Вэчел Линдсей) An Argument (“We find your soft Utopias as white”)

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