Nature
Aholah
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.
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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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