SOOTHSAY. Behold, with rod twy-serpented, Hermes the prophet, twining in one power The woman with the man. Upon his head The cloudy cap, wherewith he hath in dower The cloud's own virtue -- change and counterchange, To show in light, and to withdraw in pall, As mortal eyes best bear. His lineage strange From Zeus, Truth's sire, and maiden May -- the all-Illusive Nature. His fledged feet declare That 'tis the nether self transdeified, And the thrice-furnaced passions, which do bear The poet Olympusward. In him allied Both parents clasp; and from the womb of Nature Stern Truth takes flesh in shows of lovely feature. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FUGITIVE by PRINGLE BARRET THE OVIPAROUS TAILOR by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE CONSOLATION by LEVI BISHOP THE GOLDEN ODES OF PRE-ISLAMIC ARABIA: ANTARA by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 2 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH PRACTISING THE ANTHEM by ADA CAMBRIDGE THE CANDLE OF THE LORD by ADA CAMBRIDGE TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. BRIEF IS PAIN by EDWARD CARPENTER |