Fugitive Poetry. 1600–1878/From the French

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Fugitive Poetry. 1600–1878
edited by J. C. Hutchieson

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4078212Fugitive Poetry. 1600–1878 — From the FrenchJ. C. Hutchieson

From the French.

Careless and thoughtless all my life,Stranger to every source of strife,And deeming each grave sage a fool,The law of Nature was my rule,By which I learnt to duly measureMy portion of desire and pleasure. 'Tis strange that here I lie, you see,For Death must have indulged a whim; At any time to have thought of me,Who never once did think of him.