They say that poison-sprinkled flowers
Are sweeter in perfume
Than when, untouched by deadly dew,
They glowed in early bloom.
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That moment perhaps, the devils's voice faked to sound sweeter than thatof Heaven's...
I am so glad that PoemHunter introduced me to Adam Lindsay Gordon- this poet deserves millions to read him and enjoy his verses - -they are lucid and flow so smooth yet say so much.