Were clear as the unshadowed Grecian heaven;

Dewy and sleek his dimpled shoulder rounded

To the white arms and whiter breast between them.

Downward, the supple lines had less of softness:

His back was like a god’s; his loins were moulded

As if some pulse of power began to waken;

The springy fullness of his thighs, outswerving,

Sloped to his knee, and lightly dropping downward,

Drew the curved lines that breathe, in rest, of motion.

Musing a space he stood, a light smile playing