nkling water o'er. 注释标题 The Italian is 'acqua morta;' probably a slang phrase for urine. '
'Then, then came Poesy with fiery call
Into my carcass, by the way methought
Whence bread goes forth-there was none else at all.
'
'Now to return unto my primal thought:
Who wills to know what weal awaits him, must
First learn the ill that God for him hath wrought.
The jail contains all arts in act and trust; '
' Should you but hanker after surgeon's skill,
'Twill draw the spoiled blood fr your veins adust.
Next there is sething in itself that will
Make you right eloquent, a bold brave spark, '
' Big with high-soaring thoughts for good and ill.
Blessed is the man who lies in dungeon dark,
Languishing many a month, then takes his flight
Of war, truce, peace he knows, and tells the mark. '
'Needs be that all things turn to his delight;
The jail has crammed his brains so full of wit,
They'll dance no morris to upset the wight.
Perchance thou'lt urge: “Think how thy life did flit;
Nor is it true the jail can teach thee lore,
To fill thy breast and heart with strength of it!”
Nay, for myself I'll ever praise it more:
Yet would I like one law passed-that the man
Whose acts deserve it should not scape this score.
Whoso hath go
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