Death of a Valentine - M. C. Beaton
Death of a Valentine
M. C. Beaton
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For my husband, Harry Scott Gibbons.
And my agent, Barbara Lowenstein.
With love.
To Minerva
My temples throb, my pulses boil,
I’m sick of Song and Ode and Ballad—
So, Thyrisis, take the Midnight Oil
And pour it on a lobster salad.
My brain is dull, my sight is foul,
I cannot write a verse or read—
Then, Pallas, take away thine Owl,
And let us have ...