 | The poetical works of John Godfrey Saxe |  |
LOVE AND POETRY.
A FABLE.
I.
To Psyche, when her maiden heartWas fancy-free, the Muses went
To teach her the poetic art;
But all in vain their kind intent;
She answered, she did not desire
To meddle with poetic fire!
II.
But Cupid came, and won the maid(Psyche—“the soul” of all things good);
Her husband's teaching she obeyed,
And caught from him the lyric mood;
And ever since—as all agree—
Love is the soul of Poesy!
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