56056: A worm fed on the heart of Corinth

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posted on 2024-05-02, 18:52 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

<p dir="ltr"> A worm fed on the heart of<br> Corinth,<br> Babylon and Rome:<br> Not Paris raped tall Helen,<br> But this incestuous worm,<br> Who lured her vivid beauty<br> To his amorphous sleep.<br> England! famous as Helen<br> Is thy betrothal sung<br> To him the shadowless,<br> More amorous than Solomon.</p>

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3272.txt

Creator

Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918)

Date

1977

Date Created

01/01/1977

Temporal Date

31/12/1977

Type

Poem

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The Isaac Rosenberg Literary Estate. Preliminaries and editorial matter omitted.

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ProQuest

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

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First World War Poetry Digital Archive World War One Poems

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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