The Eighth Sin/La Belle Dame avec Merci
LA BELLE DAME AVEC MERCI.
"Hungry-hearted girl, desperately in love with life, longs for sympathetic friends. Sane, healthy, good fellowship and sincerity. Meet and correspond. Near Glasgow."—T.P.'s Weekly.
O Hungry heart, whose starving pleaSpeaks from the pages of T.P.! I wonder, since your soul is sad, May an Oxford undergradYour wished-for correspondent be?
"Near Glasgow"—That's the tragedy!That's why you long for sympathy: No wonder you cannot be glad, O hungry heart.
By what you say, our tastes agree:I too have health and sanity, My teeth are good, my eyes not bad— I'll send an answer to your ad.Appease your appetite with me, O hungry heart!