"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.