<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=519222" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Balade</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">(from the French of Wenceslas, Duke of Brabant and Luxembourg, who died in 1384.)<br>I cannot tell, of twain beneath this bond,<br>Which one in grief the other goes beyond,---<br>Narcissus, who to end the pain he bore<br>Died of the love that could not help him more;<br>Or I, that pine because I cannot see<br>The lady who is queen and love to me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nay--for Narcissus, in the forest pond<br>Seeing his image, made entreaty fond,<br>'Beloved, comfort on my longing pour':<br>So for a while he soothed his passion sore;<br>So cannot I, for all too far is she---<br>The lady who is queen and love to me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But since that I have Love's true colours donned,<br>I in his service will not now despond,<br>For in extremes Love yet can all restore:<br>So till her beauty walks the world no more<br>All day remembered in my hope shall be<br>The lady who is queen and love to me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Sir+Henry+Newbolt">Sir Henry Newbolt</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=519222" data-title="Balade de Sir Henry Newbolt" data-description="(from the French of Wenceslas, Duke of Brabant and Luxembourg, who died in 1384.) I cannot tell, of twain beneath this bond, Which one in grief the other goes beyond,--- Narcissus, who to end the pain he bore Died of the love that could not help h..."></div> </div> </div>

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