Love
Byron the Voluptuary
From The Poems of William Watson (1893)
Love
Too avid of earth's bliss, he was of those
Whom Delight flies because they give her chase.
Only the odour of her wild hair blows
Back in their faces hungering for her face.
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Watson, William. “Byron the Voluptuary.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/watson/91/.
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Watson, William. “Byron the Voluptuary.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/watson/91/.
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