#75 apologue

#75 apologue- an allegory or moral fable

- C17 from Latin, from Greek apologos

At the time this apologue amused me; in the light of later events it assumed a tragic significance. — Oscar Wilde

LOVE came to crave sweet love, if love might be;
To the Beloved's door he came, and knocked: - ... A Persian Apologue

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