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THE ICY ONE, by                    
First Line: I longed to be a lover
Last Line: I have been raped by the icy one.
Alternate Author Name(s): Wood, Charles Erskine Scoot, Mrs.
Subject(s): Longing; Sex


I longed to be a lover
And pay Love all his price,
For life will soon be over
And will not seek me twice;
My softest couch for him I spread
And crept into that bridal bed
To wait for him. But the Thing that came
Never bore Love's lovely name.

His eyes were hollow. His breath was cold.
He was not tender. He was bold,
And horrible his chill desire,
Born of ice and not of fire.

He lay with me. He took his fill.
He forced me in his arms to stay.
My flesh compelled but not my will,
And so he crept away;
But in the heart that he had chosen
The mystical passion flower was frozen.

And still I'd be a lover
And pay Love all his price
For life will soon be over
And may not seek me twice.
But I cannot bring Love to my bed
For an early frost gleams on my head
And I am a creature Love must shun.
I have been raped by the Icy One.





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