Love

Sappho

by Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837–1909

From Poems & Ballads (First Series)

Love

I am the queen of Lesbians.
My love, that had no part in man's,
Was sweeter than all shape of sweet.
The intolerable infinite desire
Made my face pale like faded fire
When the ashen pyre falls through with heat.
My blood was hot wan wine of love,
And my song's sound the sound thereof,
The sound of the delight of it.

MLA

Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Sappho.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/556/.

Chicago

Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Sappho.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/556/.

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