The Sibyl - Astarte's Birth
Aphrodite-wed on summer's noon
I lay me long reflecting
And glad my eye the sky
as hillcrest partner shares this view -
Fond Cytherea seems at nature with a point
in thought-fixed time
All else save lady with her doting nymphs
is show'ring green about
And I intruder at her foaming birth
rebuke the modern scandal
Nothing lurid naught impure
my naked lady stands at bath
While soon doves blithely perched
(wet wings do mark a chilling breeze)
Most amorous white birds praise
my passion's woozy lightness 'neath the trees
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