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1823–1896

III.— LAIS AND LUCRETIA.

Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore

Did first his beauty wake her sighs? That's Lais! Thus Lucretia's known: The beauty in her Lover's eyes Was admiration of her own.

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III.— LAIS AND LUCRETIA. · Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore · Poetry Cove