(1) * * . . . h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & a man who would become. . . . broad & rounded . . . mixed & not the flesh of . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . unclean . . . . . . . . . hard stone . . . . . . . . a man of . . . . . . . . clean & thighs are long & thin & toes are thin & long was from the second vault spends 6 parts in the house of light 3 in the pit of darkness is his time of birth the festival of taurus will grow poor his beast is taurus (3) wa * h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & the head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of terror . . . wingy teeth & fingers of his hands are thick thighs thick & hairy toes are thick & short spends 8 parts in the house of darkness 1 part in the house of light a man . . . Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 10. THE DYING FALL by THOMAS CAMPION A MINUTE by INNOKENTI FYODOROVICH ANNENSKY ALMOND BLOSSOM by EDWIN ARNOLD GREENES FUNERALLS: SONNET 10. A CATALOGUE OF CERTAINE OF HIS BOOKES by RICHARD BARNFIELD THE BOY AND THE FLUTE by BJORNSTJERNE MARTINIUS BJORNSON SONGS OF MIRZA SCHAFFY, SELECTION by FRIEDRICH MARTIN VON BODENSTEDT HADRIAN IN EGYPT by GORDON BOTTOMLEY |