Love
Soon as Ianthe's Lip I Prest
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Love
Soon as Ianthe's lip I prest,
Thither my spirit wing'd its way:
Ah, there the wanton would not rest!
Ah, there the wanderer could not stay!
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Soon as Ianthe's Lip I Prest.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/308/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Soon as Ianthe's Lip I Prest.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/308/.
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