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Richard Burton Reads the Poetry of John Donne

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Whoever guesses, thinks, or dreams, he knows
Who is my mistress, wither by this curse ;
Him, only for his purse
May some dull whore to love dispose
And then yield unto all that are his foes ;
May he be scorn'd by one, whom all else scorn
Forswear to others, what to her he hath sworn
With fear of missing, shame of getting, torn
Madness his sorrow, gout his cramps, may he
Make, by but thinking who hath made him such ;
And may he feel no touch
Of conscience, but of fame, and be
Anguish'd, not that 'twas sin, but that 'twas she ;
Or may he for her virtuе reverencе
One that hates him only for impotence
And equal traitors be she and his sense
May he dream treason, and believe that he
Meant to perform it, and confesses, and die
And no record tell why ;
His sons, which none of his may be
Inherit nothing but his infamy ;
Or may he so long parasites have fed
That he would fain be theirs whom he hath bred
And at the last be circumcised for bread
The venom of all stepdames, gamesters' gall
What tyrants and their subjects interwish
What plants, mine, beasts, fowl, fish
Can contribute, all ill, which all
Prophets or poets spake, and all which shall
Be annex'd in schedules unto this by me
Fall on that man ; For if it be a she
Nature beforehand hath out-cursèd me
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Richard Burton

Richard Burton

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