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Lady Lilith

 
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Stappas
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Sep 15, 2011 19:06 
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Dante Gabriel Rosetti - 1868

Stappas
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Sep 16, 2011 01:11 
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"Body's Beauty" by Rosetti, 1968. (Originally titled "Lilith", written to accompany the painting Lady Lilith)


Of Adam's first wife, Lilith, it is told
(The witch he loved before the gift of Eve,)
That, ere the snake's, her sweet tongue could deceive,
And her enchanted hair was the first gold.
And still she sits, young while the earth is old,
And, subtly of herself contemplative,
Draws men to watch the bright net she can weave,
Till heart and body and life are in its hold.

The rose and poppy are her flowers; for where
Is he not found, O Lilith, whom shed scent
And soft-shed kisses and soft sleep shall snare?
Lo! as that youth's eyes burned at thine, so went
Thy spell through him, and left his straight neck bent,
And round his heart one strangling golden hair.

KingDavid
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Oct 05, 2011 02:00 
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A great selection.

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