Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE VITAL CHOICE, by GEORGE MEREDITH


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First Line: Or shall we run with artemis
Last Line: Shun or too devoutly follow.
Subject(s): Goddesses & Gods; Mythology; Youth


I

OR shall we run with Artemis
Or yield the breast to Aphrodite?
Both are mighty;
Both give bliss;
Each can torture if derided;
Each claims worship undivided,
In her wake would have us wallow.

II

Youth must offer on bent knees
Homage unto one or other;
Earth, the mother,
This decrees;
And unto the pallid Scyther
Either points us shun we either,
Shun or too devoutly follow.





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