V

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of The Palace of Art

"And richly feast within thy palacehall,

Like to the dainty bird that sups,

Lodged in the lustrous crown-imperial,

Draining the honeycups."

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