Come Close (Penguin Little Black Classics, #74)

Come Close (Penguin Little Black Classics, #74)

'Yes, we did many things, then - all Beautiful ...'

Lyrical, powerful poems about love, sexuality, sun-soaked Greece and the gods.

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