Love
Alaciel
From Poems & Ballads (First Series)
Love
I am the queen Alaciel.
My mouth was like that moist gold cell
Whereout the thickest honey drips.
Mine eyes were as a grey-green sea;
The amorous blood that smote on me
Smote to my feet and finger-tips.
My throat was whiter than the dove,
Mine eyelids as the seals of love,
And as the doors of love my lips.
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MLA
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Alaciel.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/561/.
Chicago
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Alaciel.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/561/.
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