Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.
The Three ArrowsEdward Fitzgerald (18091883)
Porcia’s Song
O
The first is tipp’d with fire;
All bare their bosoms to the blow
And call the wound Desire.
And Jealousy is named:
Which carries poison to the heart
Desire had first inflamed.
With heavy lead is set:
That vainly weeping lovers call
Repentance, or Regret.