Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883). The Three Arrows. Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. 1922. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse

Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.

The Three Arrows

By Edward Fitzgerald (1809–1883)


Porcia’s Song OF all the shafts to Cupid’s bow,
The first is tipp’d with fire;
All bare their bosoms to the blow
And call the wound Desire.

Love’s second is a poison’d dart,	5
And Jealousy is named:
Which carries poison to the heart
Desire had first inflamed.

The last of Cupid’s arrows all
With heavy lead is set:	10
That vainly weeping lovers call
Repentance, or Regret.