William Blake (1757–1827). The Poetical Works. 1908.
Gnomic VersesAn Old Maid early ere I knew
Aught but the love that on me grew;
And now I’m cover’d o’er and o’er,
And wish that I had been a whore.
The undaunted courage of a virgin mind;
For early I in love was crost,
Before my flower of love was lost.