The White Goddess (poem)

"The White Goddess", also known as "In Dedication", is a lyric poem by the English poet Robert Graves. It first appeared at the beginning of his 1948 book The White Goddess in a 10-line version, but is better known in a version running to 22 lines first published later the same year. Setting out, as does the book in which it first appeared, Graves's vision of the White Goddess who inspires all true poetry, it declares that he devotes himself to her. It is considered one of Graves's most important and impressive poems.