Religion
Book III, Song VII: Pleasure's Sting
Translated by H. R. James (1897) · From The Consolation of Philosophy (1897)
Religion
This is the way of Pleasure:
She stings them that despoil her;
And, like the wingéd toiler
Who's lost her honeyed treasure,
She flies, but leaves her smart
Deep-rankling in the heart.
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Boethius. “Book III, Song VII: Pleasure's Sting.” Translated by H. R. James. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/boethius/21/.
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Boethius. “Book III, Song VII: Pleasure's Sting.” Translated by H. R. James. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/boethius/21/.
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