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id donixote

&ot;i will expn yself another ti,&ot; said don lorenzo; &ot;for thepresent pray attend to the glossed verses and the gloss, which runth:

uld &039;was&039; bee an &039;is&039; for ,

then would i ask no ore than this;

or uld, for , the ti that is

bee the ti that is to be!-

gloss

da fortune once upon a day

to was bountiful and kd;

but all thgs 插n; 射 插nd her d,

and what 射 gave 射 took away

o fortune, long i&039;ve sued to thee;

the gifts thou gavest restore,

for, trt , i would ask no ore,

uld &039;was&039; bee an &039;is&039; for

no other prize i seek to ga,

no triuph, glory, or suess,

only the long-lost happess,

the ory whereof is pa

one taste, thks, of bygone bliss

the heart-nsug fire ight stay;

and, it e without delay,

then would i ask no ore than this

i ask what cannot be, alas!

that ti should ever be, and then

e back to , and be aga,

no power on earth can brg to pass;

for fleet of foot is he, i wis,

and idly, therefore, do we pray

that what for aye hath left ay

bee for the ti that is

perplexed, uncerta, to rea

&039;ixt hope and fear, is death, not life;

&039;ere better, sure, to end the strife,

and dyg, seek release fro pa

and yet, thought were the best for

anon the thought aside i flg,

and to the present