Poem by Herman Melville

Lines Traced under an Image of Amor Threatening

Fear me, virgin whosoever
Taking pride from love exempt,
  Fear me, slighted. Never, never
Brave me, nor my fury tempt:
Downy wings, but wroth they beat
Tempest even in reason's seat.

1. Crossing the Tropics
2. Healed of My Hurt
3. The College Colonel
4. Jack Roy
5. The Haglets

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