Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.

William Watson 1858–1935

Epigrams. III. Byron the Voluptuary

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TOO avid of earth’s bliss, he was of those

Whom Delight flies because they give her chase.

Only the odor of her wild hair blows

Back in their faces hungering for her face.