... emphasised. Laura's most erotic portrait is painted when she is trying to induce the goblins to give her their fruit: Laura stretched her gleaming neck Like a rush-imbedded swan, Like a lily from the beck, Like a moonlit poplar branch, Like a vessel at the launch When its last restraint is gone. Laura performs a familiar role in literary history - that of the fallen Eve ... ...

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