English poem
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by Edward Carpenter (1844–1929)
Therefore when Gorgon-headed Night was gone-- In labyrinthine marble calm and dread Unearthly glitter, death to look upon-- Beauty arose to birth, and so was wed To every dawn-lit dell and mountain-head And dream of man; wherewith in flowing guise Unto the heavenly lands she lightly sped, To be Earth’s lovely envoy in the skies And chosen Cynosure of Gods’ and mortals’ eyes.
CAPRI, 1873.