Arts & Sciences
Aspecta Medusa
From Sonnets and Verses for Rossetti's Own Works of Art
Arts & Sciences
Andromeda, by Perseus saved and wed,
Hankered each day to see the Gorgon's head
Till o'er a fount he held it, bade her lean,
And mirrored in the wave was safely seen
That death she lived by.
Let not thine eyes know
Any forbidden thing itself, although
It once should save as well as kill: but be
Its shadow upon life enough for thee.
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MLA
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. “Aspecta Medusa.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_d/231/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. “Aspecta Medusa.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_d/231/.
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