Morbidezza

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White girl, your flesh is liliesUnder a frozen moon,So still isThe rapture of your swoonOf whiteness, snow or lilies.

Virginal in revealment,Your bosom's wavering slope,Concealment,In fainting heliotrope,Of whitest white's revealment,

Is like a bed of lilies,A jealous-guarded row,Whose will isSimply chaste dreams: but oh,The alluring scent of lilies!

© Arthur Symons