A perfect form in perfect rest.

There is also a beautiful passage in Godiva, which we cannot forbear to quote:

Then fled she to her inmost bower, and there

Unclasped the wedded eagles of her belt,

The grim earl’s gift; but ever at a breath

She lingered, looking like a summer moon

Hair dipt in cloud; anon she shook her head

And showered the rippled ringlets to her knee;

Unclad herself in haste; adown the stair

Stole on, and, like a creeping sunbeam, slid