Replete and radiant with rarest gems,

Perplexing, exciting, soothing, betwitching.

Lucifer! Prometheus! Dionysos! Shelley!

THE SCULPTOR AND THE CLAY

The sculptor, man, in woman mostly sees

The clay of which to model gods of love.

Some, cunning little cupids only are,

The little rascal gods of light flirtation,

Who like the fire-flies on a summer night

Are luminous a moment—and that’s all.