"Love, Vice, Crime, and Sin"
Title
"Love, Vice, Crime, and Sin"
Creator
Marc-André Raffalovich
Source
The Thread and the Path
Publisher
David Nutt
Date
1895
Text
The lips of Vice were painted,
The face of Vice was white,
Love passed on unacquainted,
Intent on Love’s delight.
And though Love’s heart beat faster
Beneath the eyes of Crime,
His breath he strove to master,
And hummed a foolish rhyme.
But when the sun was shining
Love reached a shadowy place,
And there at last reclining
Sin had his true love’s face.
Citation
Marc-André Raffalovich, “"Love, Vice, Crime, and Sin",” Victorian Queer Archive, accessed April 28, 2024, https://victorianqueerarchive.omeka.net/items/show/74.