Oh Press Me Not To Taste Again (Poem)
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Title
Oh Press Me Not To Taste Again (Poem)
Description
Oh press me not to taste again
Of those luxurious banquet sweets!
Or hide from view the dark red stain,
That still my shuddering vision meets.
Away! 't is loathsome! bear me hence!
I cannot feed on human sighs,
Or feast with sweets my palate's sense,
While blood is ‘neath the fair disguise.
No, never let me taste again
Of aught beside the coarsest fare,
Far rather, than my conscience stain,
With the polluted luxuries there.
Of those luxurious banquet sweets!
Or hide from view the dark red stain,
That still my shuddering vision meets.
Away! 't is loathsome! bear me hence!
I cannot feed on human sighs,
Or feast with sweets my palate's sense,
While blood is ‘neath the fair disguise.
No, never let me taste again
Of aught beside the coarsest fare,
Far rather, than my conscience stain,
With the polluted luxuries there.
Creator
Elizabeth Margaret Chandler
Source
The poetical works of Elizabeth Margaret Chandler: with a memoir of her life and character, the Genius of Universal Emancipation, the Liberator, Juvenile Poems for the Use of Free American Children of Every Complexion
Publisher
Lemuel Howell
Date
1836
Collection
Citation
Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, “Oh Press Me Not To Taste Again (Poem),” No Stain of Tears and Blood, accessed September 11, 2024, http://productsoffreelabor.com/items/show/48.
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