“There is blood in my veins
That has run clear of the stain
Contracted in so many loins.”
R.S. Thomas (1913–2000) Welsh poet
"Here"
Tares (1961)
“Love is for fools. It is a surging of blood in the loins … there is no mystery, and no magic. Find someone else, my boy.”
— David Gemmell, book Quest for Lost Heroes
Source: Drenai series, Quest for Lost Heroes, Ch. 2
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