The Thief

Thou robb’st my days of business and delights,

Of sleep thou robb’st my nights ;

Ah, lovely thief, what wilt thou do?

What? rob me of heaven too?

Even in my prayers thou hauntest me:

And I, with wild idolatry,

Begin to God, and end them all to thee.

Is it a sin to love, that it should thus

Like an ill conscience torture us?

Whate’er I do, where’er I go-

None guiltless e’er was haunted so!-

Still, still, methinks, thy face I view,

And still thy shape does me pursue,

As if, not you me, but I had murdered you.

From books I strive some remedy to take,

But thy name all the letters make;

Whate’er ’tis writ, I find thee there,

Like points and commas everywhere.

Me blessed for this let no man hold,

For I, as Midas did of old,

Perish by turning every thing to gold.

What do I seek, alas, or why do I

Attempt in vain from thee to fly?

For, making thee my deity,

I gave thee then ubiquity.

My pains resemble hell in this:

The divine presence there too is,

But to torment men, not to give them bliss.

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• Вера Полозкова – И тут он приваливается к оградке by Вера Полозкова
• Вера Полозкова – И пока он вскакивает с кровати by Вера Полозкова
• Вера Полозкова – И катись бутылкой по автостраде by Вера Полозкова
• Вера Полозкова – Губы плавя в такой ухмылке by Вера Полозкова
• Вера Полозкова – Горький запах полыни by Вера Полозкова
• Вера Полозкова – Гонево by Вера Полозкова
• Вера Полозкова – Францу Кафке by Вера Полозкова
• Вера Полозкова – Это не прихоть, это не блажь by Вера Полозкова
• Вера Полозкова – Есть дерево, в лесу всего древней by Вера Полозкова
• Вера Полозкова – Для неровного счета by Вера Полозкова
• Вера Полозкова – Детство by Вера Полозкова
• Вера Полозкова – Декабрь by Вера Полозкова
• Вера Полозкова – Да что у меня, нормально всё, так, условно by Вера Полозкова
• Вера Полозкова – Мой великий кардиотерапевт by Вера Полозкова
• Вера Полозкова – Мне бы только хотелось by Вера Полозкова
• Вера Полозкова – Манипенни, твой мальчик, видно, неотвратим by Вера Полозкова
• Вера Полозкова – Мало ли кто by Вера Полозкова
• Вера Звягинцева – Всхожу на мост by Вера Звягинцева
• Вера Звягинцева – Ты не снись мне by Вера Звягинцева
• Вера Звягинцева – Стоишь, не поднимая глаз by Вера Звягинцева

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