AHOLAH

I am the queen of Amalek.

There was no tender touch or fleck

To spoil my body or bared feet.

My words were soft like dulcimers,

And the first sweet of grape-flowers

Made each side of my bosom sweet.

My raiment was as tender fruit

Whose rind smells sweet of spice-tree root,

Bruised balm-blossom and budded wheat.

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