So far, there let him stand, become adept

In body ere he shift his station thence

One single hair's breadth. Do I make pretence

To teach, myself unskilled in learning? Lo,

My life's work! Let my pictures prove I know

Somewhat of what this fleshly frame of ours

Or is or should be, how the soul empowers

The body to reveal its every mood

Of love and hate, pour forth its plenitude

Of passion. If my hand attained to give