Love
Lines Traced Under an Image of Amor Threatening
From Timoleon (1891)
Love
Fear me, virgin whosoever
Taking pride from love exempt,
Fear me, slighted. Never, never
Brave me, nor my fury tempt:
Downy wings, but wroth they beat
Tempest even in reason’s seat.
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MLA
Melville, Herman. “Lines Traced Under an Image of Amor Threatening.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/melville/91/.
Chicago
Melville, Herman. “Lines Traced Under an Image of Amor Threatening.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/melville/91/.
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