@3Of the Madonna teaching the Divine Child geometry by figures drawn on the sand@1 (@3Merejkowski@1) STRAIGHT lines and circles, triangles and squares, With exact finger on the sand she draws, Marking how each new truth from its own cause Demonstrably arises, and prepares Place for more truth to follow; so, she bares The sacred and inevitable laws Which are his nature and design, and awes Him with his own perfection: the Child stares Rapt at each new device, while gravely flows The mighty theorem,—rapt into a fine Ecstasy at the argument prepared, And darkly now himself already knows The union of dimension, ideal line, Inclusive number, and the circle squared. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 77. SOUL'S BEAUTY by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE MAYFLOWERS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE CAP AND BELLS by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS WINGS AT DAWN by JOSEPH AUSLANDER AUTUMN IN THE WEALD by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |