Lady Margaret Sackville (1881-1963). The Apple. Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. 1922. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse

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

The Apple

By Lady Margaret Sackville (1881–1963)


EVE, smiling, pluck’d the apple, then
Laugh’d, sigh’d—and tasted it again:
‘Strange such a pleasant, juicy thing
On a forbidden tree should spring!’

But had she seen with clearer eyes,	5
Or had the serpent been less wise,
She’d scarce have shown such little wit
As to let Adam taste of it!