THE TEARS OF LILITHO lovely demon, half-divine!Hemlock, and hydromel, and gall,Honey, and aconite, and wine,Mingle to make that mouth of thine—Thy mouth I love: But most of all,It is thy tears that I desire—Thy tears, like fountain-drops that fallIn gardens red, Satanical;Or like the tears of mist and fire,Wept by the moon, that wizards useTo secret runes, when they requireSome silver philtre, sweet and dire.
O lovely demon, half-divine!Hemlock, and hydromel, and gall,Honey, and aconite, and wine,Mingle to make that mouth of thine—Thy mouth I love: But most of all,It is thy tears that I desire—Thy tears, like fountain-drops that fallIn gardens red, Satanical;Or like the tears of mist and fire,Wept by the moon, that wizards useTo secret runes, when they requireSome silver philtre, sweet and dire.
O lovely demon, half-divine!Hemlock, and hydromel, and gall,Honey, and aconite, and wine,Mingle to make that mouth of thine—Thy mouth I love: But most of all,It is thy tears that I desire—Thy tears, like fountain-drops that fallIn gardens red, Satanical;Or like the tears of mist and fire,Wept by the moon, that wizards useTo secret runes, when they requireSome silver philtre, sweet and dire.
O lovely demon, half-divine!Hemlock, and hydromel, and gall,Honey, and aconite, and wine,Mingle to make that mouth of thine—
O lovely demon, half-divine!
Hemlock, and hydromel, and gall,
Honey, and aconite, and wine,
Mingle to make that mouth of thine—
Thy mouth I love: But most of all,It is thy tears that I desire—Thy tears, like fountain-drops that fallIn gardens red, Satanical;
Thy mouth I love: But most of all,
It is thy tears that I desire—
Thy tears, like fountain-drops that fall
In gardens red, Satanical;
Or like the tears of mist and fire,Wept by the moon, that wizards useTo secret runes, when they requireSome silver philtre, sweet and dire.
Or like the tears of mist and fire,
Wept by the moon, that wizards use
To secret runes, when they require
Some silver philtre, sweet and dire.