Pits—Ladder
Jezebel (1896) by John Byam Liston Shaw
Son, there are certain women
Who—you will tell—are empty
Of what—below vim and skin—
Sings, soft, past a man, free.
Harken to the quiet one
—of a bloom in holy toil
—familiar as the sun,
Fruited love save the spoil.
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