Love is Not
Love is not just a function of the eyes.
Beautiful objects will, of course, inspire
Possessive urges -- you need not despire
Your taste. But when insatiable desire
Inflames you for a girl who's out of fashion,
Lacking in glamour -- plain, in fact -- that fire
Is genuine, that's the authentic passion.
Beauty, though, any critic can admire.
Beautiful objects will, of course, inspire
Possessive urges -- you need not despire
Your taste. But when insatiable desire
Inflames you for a girl who's out of fashion,
Lacking in glamour -- plain, in fact -- that fire
Is genuine, that's the authentic passion.
Beauty, though, any critic can admire.
-- Marcs Argentarius (20 BC - 30 AD),
Trans. Fleur Adcock (1934 - )
Trans. Fleur Adcock (1934 - )
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