Once was a Love that could, laterally, against Hell's gust propel
Paolo & Francesca, to us, Beatrice bereft, obliged to yet dwell
In Faiths' Seven Hilled City founded on Dido's despair
Till all incarnadine Italy apparitions in the slate-grey air
Where once Launcelot kissed Guinevere
& Two souls were sold for nothing dear
All Eden but a leaf in a book
The apple eaten merely by a look.
Envoi
Prince! Tho' ghostly turtle doves trust to burnt out nests
The Heart can't re-sit e'en its Safety School tests
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