Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches
of Alemtejo as they stretch away to the south. Curiously enough, the tradition of Marianna and her fatal love has been perpetuated in the convent, in spite of the attempts, natural enough, on the part of monastic chroniclers and such like to hide all traces of it.
of Alemtejo as they stretch away to the south. Curiously enough, the tradition of Marianna and her fatal love has been perpetuated in the convent, in spite of the attempts, natu...
6. LETTER VI hope, by th’ different Ayre of this, you ’ll find That as I ’ve chang’d my Stile, I ’ve chang’d my Mind. The Substance of these Lines will let you know That you ’re to take th...
5. LETTER IVYe Gods! the Torments that from Love arise When the dear Object’s absent from our Eyes! I ’m told you ’ve been by raging Tempests toss’d, And forc’d to seek some Hospitable Coas...
2. LETTER IOh! the unhappy Joys which Love contains, How short the Pleasures, and how long the Pains! Curs’d be the treach’rous Hopes that drew me on, And made me fondly to my Ruin run. Wh...
3. LETTER IIAlas! it is impossible to tell Th’ afflicting Pains that injur’d Lovers feel. And if my Flame, by what I write, you rate, Then have I made my self unfortunate. Blest should I be...
4. LETTER IIIWhat will become of miserable me? What will th’ Event of my Misfortunes be, How can I hold, now all my hopes retire? On them I liv’d, and must with them expire. Where are the co...