The Works of Lord Byron (ed. Coleridge, Prothero)/Poetry/Volume 7/Lucietta. A Fragment

1404627The Works of Lord Byron — Lucietta. A FragmentGeorge Gordon Byron

LUCIETTA. A FRAGMENT.

Lucietta, my deary,
That fairest of faces!
Is made up of kisses;
But, in love, oft the case is
Even stranger than this is—
There 's another, that 's slyer,
Who touches me nigher,—
A Witch, an intriguer,
Whose manner and figure
Now piques me, excites me,
Torments and delights me—
Cætera desunt.

[From an autograph MS. in the possession of Mr. Murray, now for the first time printed.]