The Hoofs of Pegasus

BY M. LETITIA STOCKETT
1923
THE NORMAN, REMINGTON COMPANY PUBLISHERS   BALTIMORE
Copyright, 1923, by THE NORMAN, REMINGTON COMPANY
Published November, 1923.
PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.
TO MARY SHIPLEY MILLS
The thanks of the author are due to Winfred Douglas for his criticism and help in arranging the material in this book; and to the editors of Poetry (Chicago), Contemporary Verse, The Literary Review and The Bowling Green for permission to include in this collection the poems which first appeared in these magazines.
THE HOOFS OF PEGASUS

ONCE in a saffron twilight, rich with the sound of bells, In a dim meadow straying, high on the lonely fells, I saw Pegasus, winged Pegasus, cropping the asphodels.
His neck was clothed with thunder, his feet with strength were shod; Terrible in his beauty, he grazed on the starry sod, A white, untameable beauty, a stallion fit for a god.