Love
XXIV
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume 4
Love
Till Love's one centre devour these centres
Of many self-loves; and the patriot's trick
To better his land by egotist ventures,
Defamed from a virtue, shall make men sick,
As the scalp at the belt of some red hero.
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