Love

Satiety

by Richard Le Gallienne 1866–1947

From English Poems (1895)

Love

The heart of the rose--how sweet
Its fragrance to drain,
Till the greedy brain
Reels and grows faint
With the garnered scent,
Reels as a dream on its silver feet.

Sweet thus to drain--then to sleep:
For, beware how you stay
Till the joy pass away,
And the jaded brain
Seeketh fragrance in vain,
And hates what it may not reap.

MLA

Gallienne, Richard Le. “Satiety.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/legallienne/39/.

Chicago

Gallienne, Richard Le. “Satiety.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/legallienne/39/.

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