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Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.

The Apple

Lady Margaret Sackville (1881–1963)

EVE, smiling, pluck’d the apple, then

Laugh’d, sigh’d—and tasted it again:

‘Strange such a pleasant, juicy thing

On a forbidden tree should spring!’

But had she seen with clearer eyes,

Or had the serpent been less wise,

She’d scarce have shown such little wit

As to let Adam taste of it!