Love
Venus Victrix
From The Angel in the House
Love
Fatal in force, yet gentle in will,
Defeats, from her, are tender pacts,
For, like the kindly lodestone, still
She’s drawn herself by what she attracts.
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MLA
Patmore, Coventry. “Venus Victrix.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/patmore/134/.
Chicago
Patmore, Coventry. “Venus Victrix.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/patmore/134/.
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