17

Naked he goeth, but with sprightly wings

Red, iridescent, are his shoulders fledged.

A bow his weapon, which he deftly strings,

And little arrows barb’d and keenly edged;

And these he shooteth true; but else the youth

For all his seeming recketh naught of truth,

But most deceiveth where he most is pledged.

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’Tis he that maketh in men’s heart a strife