Let me away! Then is it not enough
That you have won me to your wickedness?
That wehavetouched the strange and sexless love
Whose heart is death ? That you and I express
The poison of a thousand evil flowers
And drain that cup of bitterness, my Lola?
That you have killed my safe and sunny hours —
A Venus to seduce Savonarola!
Why have you taken this most monstrous shape,
Imperious malison and hate flung after?
You clutch me like a gross lascivious ape,
And like a gloating devil’s rings the laughter.
O sweet my maid, bethink yourself awhile!
Recall the glad kiss and the gentle smile!
—~ IOI -°