THE sculptor's country? @3Sicyon@1. His name? @3Lysippus@1. You? @3Time, that all things can tame.@1 Why thus a-tiptoe? @3I have halted never.@1 Why ankle-winged? @3I fly like wind for ever.@1 But in your hand that razor? @3'Tis a pledge That I am keener than the keenest edge.@1 Why falls your hair in front? @3For him to bind Who meets me.@1 True: but when you're bald behind? @3Yes, because when with winged feet I have passed 'Tis vain upon my back your hands to cast.@1 Why did the sculptor carve you? @3For your sake Here in the porch I stand; my lesson take.@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON IN WALKED BUD WITH A PALETTE by CLARENCE MAJOR SONNET TO HIS FRIEND R.L. IN PRAISE OF MUSIQUE AND POETRIE by RICHARD BARNFIELD THE RUINED MAID by THOMAS HARDY TERNISSA, FR HELLENICS by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR JINNY THE JUST by MATTHEW PRIOR |