Love

Apollo's Triumph

by Michael Field 1846–1914 (Bradley) and 1862–1913 (Cooper)

From Underneath the Bough (1898)

Love

She fled from love, her suit was granted,
Daphne was changed into a laurel-tree.
But after, with so keen a zest she panted
To yield her sweets, and, in despair,
Cast such engrossing odours through the air,
Apollo, breathing them, had all he wanted.

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The Fifth Book of Songs

MLA

Field, Michael. “Apollo's Triumph.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/103/.

Chicago

Field, Michael. “Apollo's Triumph.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/103/.

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