Love
The Three Arrows
From The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (1912)
Love
Of all the shafts to Cupid's bow,
The first is tipp'd with fire;
All bare their bosoms to the blow
And call the wound Desire.
Love's second is a poison'd dart,
And Jealousy is named:
Which carries poison to the heart
Desire had first inflamed.
The last of Cupid's arrows all
With heavy lead is set:
That vainly weeping lovers call
Repentance, or Regret.
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MLA
FitzGerald, Edward. “The Three Arrows.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/103/.
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FitzGerald, Edward. “The Three Arrows.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fitzgerald/103/.
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