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Rosa Inferni
ROSA INFERNI
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Rosa Inferni
ROSA INFERNI Ha ha ! John plucketh now at his rose To rid himself of a sorrow at heart. Lo,petal on petal, fierce rays unclose ; Anther on anther, sharp spikes outstart ; And with blood for dew, the bosom boils ; And a gust of sulphur is all its smell. And lo, he is horribly in the toils Of a coal-black giant flower of hell ! BROWNING, Heretics Tragedy, ix. I OSE of the world ! Ay, love, in that warm hour Wet with your kisses, the bewitching bud Flamed in the starlight ; then our bed your bower Heaved like the breast of some alluring flood Wh…
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