SILK FLOWERS (for Nick)

Give to gold its weight

Regent of dewy night, Fawn-

spotted cooling stream

Unite, impel, di-

late th’ effulgent whole he

sparkling daughters crown’d

of stern Eluding

mortal sight, He fades; he dis-

appears And silence

lulls the sky we court

nor sings nor many-tinted

rays concoct, refine,

And hymn, concentrick

orbs struggling to impair bless’d

quaffing nectar Rob’d

Till twitter moving

lancer of the golden keen

by green-hair’d Ocean’s

gem-bespangled shore

charm’d Gocul’s od’rous cleft head

sandal-breathing flow’r

attesting secret

deeds, skirts, robes, charm, form, and stain

load the tortoise bore