THE sculptor's country? @3Sicyon@1. His name? @3Lysippus@1. You? @3Time, that all things can tame.@1 Why thus a-tiptoe? @3I have halted never.@1 Why ankle-winged? @3I fly like wind for ever.@1 But in your hand that razor? @3'Tis a pledge That I am keener than the keenest edge.@1 Why falls your hair in front? @3For him to bind Who meets me.@1 True: but when you're bald behind? @3Yes, because when with winged feet I have passed 'Tis vain upon my back your hands to cast.@1 Why did the sculptor carve you? @3For your sake Here in the porch I stand; my lesson take.@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I LOOK IN MY HEART by SARA TEASDALE THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS by RUDYARD KIPLING TO THE ONE OF FICTIVE MUSIC by WALLACE STEVENS WHEN LET BY RAIN by EDWARD TAYLOR THE ROSES ON THE TERRACE by ALFRED TENNYSON SONNET: GHOSTS by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE GODS AND THE WINDS by ALEXANDER ANDERSON |