Shall I pour you the wine, she said,
“The wine that is rare and red?
Sweeter the cup for the drop.”—
“But why do you shrink and stop?”
“The seal of the wine
Has a sacred sign;
I am afraid,” she said.
“I love and revere
You more for your fear,
Than I do for your wine,” he said.
(Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward)
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