See, how the tragic villas, one by one,

Like drowsy lizards creep into the sun.

I EXCAVATE

They let me play at digging in that place,

Scoop ash from painted walls—a girl’s Greek face

Stared from the frieze! Between her and the skies

I hid the smoking mountain from her eyes.

GREEK FRAGMENTS

These arching feet that trip their shattered dance,

This satyr’s mocking mouth, the tumbled scroll,