Living
Rubies
From Poems of Sentiment (1909)
Living
The crimson life-drops from a virgin heart
Pierced to the core by Cupid’s fatal dart.
Cite this poem
MLA
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. “Rubies.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wilcox/662/.
Chicago
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. “Rubies.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wilcox/662/.
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