Emma Lazarus (Эмма Лазарус)

The Elixir

"Oh brew me a potion strong and good!
    One golden drop in his wine
Shall charm his sense and fire his blood,
    And  bend his will to  mine."


Poor child of passion! ask of me
    Elixir of death or sleep,
Or Lethe's stream; but love is free,
    And woman must wait and weep.

Emma Lazarus’s other poems:

  1. Arabesque
  2. Matins
  3. Saint Romualdo
  4. Autumn Sadness
  5. The New Ezekiel

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

  • George Herbert (Джордж Герберт (Херберт)) The Elixir (“Teach me, my God and King”)




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