Versos English Garcilaso de la Vega Boscán

English poem

Boscán

by (1503–1536)

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He touched forbidden fruit—the debt Must thus be paid—he danced! and now 'Tis clear he'll live but by the sweat, Henceforth, of his laborious brow. Himself he cruelly deceived, And well he might, when, countenanced By such assurance, he conceived We laughed, because he merely danced.