Living
Atarah
From Poems & Ballads (First Series)
Living
I am the queen Sidonian.
My face made faint the face of man,
And strength was bound between my brows
Spikenard was hidden in my ships,
Honey and wheat and myrrh in strips,
White wools that shine as colour does,
Soft linen dyed upon the fold,
Split spice and cores of scented gold,
Cedar and broken calamus.
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MLA
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Atarah.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/548/.
Chicago
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Atarah.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/548/.
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