Versos English Garcilaso de la Vega The Treasurer of Alcantara

English poem

The Treasurer of Alcantara

by (1503–1536)

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All were astonished that the king So quickly freed you, but he freed You, not to be in that bright ring So very forward; no, indeed! Right forward has he been, but yet Why laugh with such extravagance? He only maims a pirouette, He only dislocates a dance.