Because I Am Idolatrous [epigram]

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Title:     Because I Am Idolatrous [epigram]
Author: Ernest Dowson [More Titles by Dowson]

Because I am idolatrous and have besought,
With grievous supplication and consuming prayer,
The admirable image that my dreams have wrought
Out of her swan's neck and her dark, abundant hair:
The jealous gods, who brook no worship save their own,
Turned my live idol marble and her heart to stone.

[The end]
Ernest Dowson's poem: Because I Am Idolatrous [epigram]

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