Warning
The soul shall be drowned in the flood Of mounting blood. Be strong at least To resist Love, Except at his feast.
Anna Wickham
The soul shall be drowned in the flood Of mounting blood. Be strong at least To resist Love, Except at his feast.
Anna Wickham’s “Warning” is a sharp, urgent caution about love’s overwhelming force. The soul, she says, will be drowned in a flood of mounting blood — an image of physical desire and emotion rising until they threaten to erase inner stability and self-control.
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