<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=396814" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Modern Love XXVI: Love Ere He Bleeds</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Love ere he bleeds, an eagle in high skies,<br>Has earth beneath his wings: from reddened eve<br>He views the rosy dawn. In vain they weave<br>The fatal web below while far he flies.<br>But when the arrow strikes him, there's a change.<br>He moves but in the track of his spent pain,<br>Whose red drops are the links of a harsh chain,<br>Binding him to the ground, with narrow range.<br>A subtle serpent then has Love become.<br>I had the eagle in my bosom erst:<br>Henceforward with the serpent I am cursed.<br>I can interpret where the mouth is dumb.<br>Speak, and I see the side-lie of a truth.<br>Perchance my heart may pardon you this deed:<br>But be no coward:--you that made Love bleed,<br>You must bear all the venom of his tooth!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=George+Meredith">George Meredith</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=396814" data-title="Modern Love XXVI: Love Ere He Bleeds de George Meredith" data-description="Love ere he bleeds, an eagle in high skies, Has earth beneath his wings: from reddened eve He views the rosy dawn. In vain they weave The fatal web below while far he flies. But when the arrow strikes him, there's a change. He moves but in the tra..."></div> </div> </div>

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