Love

Lucietta. A Fragment

by Lord Byron 1788–1824

From Epigrams and Jeux d'Esprit

Love

Lucietta, my deary,
That fairest of faces!
Is made up of kisses;
But, in love, oft the case is
Even stranger than this is--
There's another, that's slyer,
Who touches me nigher,--
A Witch, an intriguer,
Whose manner and figure
Now piques me, excites me,
Torments and delights me--

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Cætera desunt. From an autograph MS. in the possession of Mr. Murray,. now for the first time printed.

MLA

Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Lucietta. A Fragment.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/260/.

Chicago

Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Lucietta. A Fragment.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/260/.

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