Nature

Aholah

by Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837–1909

From Poems & Ballads (First Series)

Nature

I am the queen of Amalek.
There was no tender touch or fleck
To spoil my body or bared feet.
My words were soft like dulcimers,
And the first sweet of grape-flowers
Made each side of my bosom sweet.
My raiment was as tender fruit
Whose rind smells sweet of spice-tree root,
Bruised balm-blossom and budded wheat.

MLA

Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Aholah.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/546/.

Chicago

Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Aholah.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/546/.

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