For me, the naked and the nude br (By lexicographers construed br As synonyms that should express br The same deficiency of dress br Or shelter) stand as wide apart br As love from lies, or truth from art. br br Lovers without reproach will gaze br On bodies naked and ablaze; br The Hippocratic eye will see br In nakedness, anatomy; br And naked shines the Goddess when br She mounts her lion among men. br br The nude are bold, the nude are sly br To hold each treasonable eye. br While draping by a showman's trick br Their dishabille in rhetoric, br They grin a mock-religious grin br Of scorn at those of naked skin.