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THE VITAL CHOICE by GEORGE MEREDITH

Poet Analysis

First Line: OR SHALL WE RUN WITH ARTEMIS
Last Line: SHUN OR TOO DEVOUTLY FOLLOW.
Subject(s): GODDESSES & GODS; MYTHOLOGY; YOUTH;

I

OR shall we run with Artemis
Or yield the breast to Aphrodite?
Both are mighty;
Both give bliss;
Each can torture if derided;
Each claims worship undivided,
In her wake would have us wallow.

II

Youth must offer on bent knees
Homage unto one or other;
Earth, the mother,
This decrees;
And unto the pallid Scyther
Either points us shun we either,
Shun or too devoutly follow.



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