Love
A Paradox
From The Angel in the House
Love
To tryst Love blindfold goes, for fear
He should not see, and eyeless night
He chooses still for breathing near
Beauty, that lives but in the sight.
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MLA
Patmore, Coventry. “A Paradox.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/patmore/162/.
Chicago
Patmore, Coventry. “A Paradox.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/patmore/162/.
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