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1866–1947

SATIETY

Richard Le Gallienne

The heart of the rose — how sweet Its fragrance to drain, Till the greedy brain Reels and grows faint

With the garnered scent, Reels as a dream on its silver feet. Sweet thus to drain — then to sleep: For, beware how you stay

Till the joy pass away, And the jaded brain Seeketh fragrance in vain, And hates what it may not reap.

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