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Unknown to You Huey Ennis	Not a moth to a flame, but Tantalus to the...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
From Menander William Cowper	No treasure hadst thou more amass'd Than fame to Tantalus assign'd, Would save thee from a tomb at last, But thou must leave it all...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Hero And Leander: The Second Sestiad Christopher Marlowe	Like to the tree of Tantalus, she fled And, seeming lavish, saved her...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Invictus Aiman Khan	Surrounded in water yet thirsty Tantalus Autumn shedding each green leaf of hope Lies beyond, the cold dark chills of...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Invictus Aiman Khan	Surrounded in water yet thirsty Tantalus Autumn shedding each green leaf of hope Lies beyond, the cold dark chills of...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Niobe In Distress For Her Children Slain By Apollo, From Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book VI. And From A View Of The Painting Of Mr. Richard Wilson Phillis Wheatley	The wealthy heir of Tantalus divine, He most distinguish'd by Dodonean Jove, To approach the tables of the gods above:...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Only a Smile Mathilde Blind	Ah, then your smiling breeds such tears As Tantalus may weep in...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Only a Woman Dinah Maria Mulock Craik	Was made this bitter Tantalus-cup for...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Sexual Frustration Anonymous Walrus	Tantalus grasping for fruit on the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Bagman's Dog: Mr. Peters's Story Richard Harris Barham	Old Nick's Nonpareils play at bob with poor...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Two Ogres William Schwenck Gilbert	Than that which constantly annoys Disgraceful...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Three Kinds Of A Rogue Ambrose Bierce	As Tantalus again and yet again The elusive wave endeavors to restrain To slake his awful thirst, so...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
To His Coy Love Joshua Sylvester	Yet is my thirst not stanched; O Tantalus, thy pains ne'er...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
To His Coy Love Michael Drayton	Yet is my thirst not stanched; O Tantalus, thy pains ne'er...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)

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