A PARADOX

Dan Cupyd drewe hys lyttle bowe,

And strayght ye arrowe from it flewe,

Although its course was rather lowe,

I thought 'twould pass above my heade—

In stature I am shorte, you knowe.

But soone upon my breast a stayne

Of blood appeared, and showed ye marke

Whereat ye boy god tooke hys aime;

I staggered, groaned and then—I smyled!

Egad! it was a pleasante payne!

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Ventures Into Verse Being various ballads, ballades, rondeaux, triolets, songs, quatrains, odes and roundels, all rescued from the potters' field of old files and here given decent burial · 第 46 / 51 题