Versos English Garcilaso de la Vega Albanio

English poem

Albanio

by (1503–1536)

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Thou would'st that I should fruitlessly contend With one who must o'ercome me in the end. Love wills my silence, nor can I commence The tale requested without great offence: Love chains my tongue, and thus—indeed, indeed— Spare me, I feel that I must not proceed.