And (as I gathered from a bystander)
Their doctrine could be held by no sane man.
RUDEL TO THE LADY OF TRIPOLI
Originally published in Bells and Pomegranates as the first of two poems, Cristina being the other, under the title Queen Worship.
I
I know a Mount, the gracious Sun perceives
First, when he visits, last, too, when he leaves
The world; and, vainly favored, it repays
The day-long glory of his steadfast gaze
By no change of its large calm front of snow.