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1907 · PDF PAGE 9

Rosa Inferni

…xhale ! How rude the rime ! There is no melody ; the tune and time Are broken. Thirteen centuries ago They would have said, “ Alas ! the youth ! We know This devil hath from him plucked the immortal soul.” I say : you have dulled my centres of control ! 4 W

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1907 · PDF PAGE 8

Rosa Inferni

You slacked your kiss upon the sodden youth In some excess of confidence, decay Of care to hold him—can I tell you which ? Down goes the moon—one sees the howling bitch ! The salmon you had hooked in fin and gill You reel unskilfully—he darts away. Alas ! you devil, but you hold me still ! III FIRST and fairest of Earth’s darling daughters ! How could I sing you ?—you have always seemed Unto the saucy driveller as he dreamed Like a rich sunset seen on tropic waters— (Your eyes effulgent from a thousand slaughters Looked tenderly upon me !) all …

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1907 · PDF PAGE 11

Rosa Inferni

…e goblins in your face, That I who cursed you for the murderous whore Licking up life as a cat laps its milk, Now see you for a dream of youth and grace, Relume the magic aura that begirt you, Bless you for purity and life—a store ! An ever-running fountain-head of virtue To heal my soul and buckler it and harden ! Your body is like ivory and silk ! Your lips are like the poppies in the garden ! Your face is like a wreath of flowers to crown me ! Your eyes are wells wherein I long to drown me ! Your hair is like a waterfall above me, A waterfal…

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