Revenge By Eliza Acton

To join this community on Patreon, click here:⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/welcome2thepoetrypodcast⁠⁠Revenge by Eliza ActonI would not, in the wildness of revenge,Give poison to mine enemy, nor strikeMy dagger to his heart, but I would plantLove--burning--hopeless--and unquenchable--Within the inmost foldings of his breast,And bid him die the dark, and ling'ring death,Of the pale victims, who expire beneathThe pow'r of that deep passion. Earth can showNo bitterness like this !--The shroud of thoughtWhich gathers round them, gloomy as the grave;--The wasting, but unpitied pangs, which wearThe frame away, and make the tortur'd mindAlmost a chaos in its agony;--The writhings of the spirit, doom'd to seeA rival bless'd;-and utter, cold, despair :-These are its torments !-Are they not enoughTo satisfy the most remorseless hate?Brought to you by: Imposter ProductionsPerformance by: Jessica MunnaResearch/Assistant Producer: Sharon Sybill GattIntro & Episode music by ELPHNT: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elphnt.io/youtube-audio⁠⁠⁠⁠ (search for ELPHNT & download for free from the Youtube Audio Library) ⁠⁠⁠https://elphnt.io/⁠⁠