Love
Impromptu Translation of an Air in the Clemenza di Tito of Metastasio
Translated by Samuel Johnson · From Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett (1855)
Love
Would you hope to gain my heart,
Bid your teasing doubts depart.
He who blindly trusts will find,
Faith from every generous mind;
He who still expects deceit,
Only teaches how to cheat.
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Johnson, Samuel. “Impromptu Translation of an Air in the Clemenza di Tito of Metastasio.” Translated by Samuel Johnson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/johnson_samuel/30/.
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Johnson, Samuel. “Impromptu Translation of an Air in the Clemenza di Tito of Metastasio.” Translated by Samuel Johnson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/johnson_samuel/30/.
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