<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=536421" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: XV</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thus it began with laughter. But anon<br>The ox--eyed queen, who had resumed by rote<br>The tale of her perfections one by one,<br>Turned by some ominous chance towards the spot<br>Where we two stood. ``And take good note,'' said she,<br>``All here is honest beauty, flesh and blood,<br>As any in the world. Yet, if there be<br>A doubt between you, let me make it good.<br>Which of you two will honour me so near<br>As to prove the truth?'' My cheeks in spite of me<br>Flamed in the dark, and I was seized with fear<br>And a wild doubt lest mine the choice should be.<br>The little woman on the chair began<br>To shout aloud and bid me play the man.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Wilfrid+Scawen+Blunt">Wilfrid Scawen Blunt</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=536421" data-title="Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: XV de Wilfrid Scawen Blunt" data-description="Thus it began with laughter. But anon The ox--eyed queen, who had resumed by rote The tale of her perfections one by one, Turned by some ominous chance towards the spot Where we two stood. ``And take good note,'' said she, ``All here is honest bea..."></div> </div> </div>

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