To his house the bodiless br Come to barter endlessly br Vision, wisdom, for bodies br Palpable as his, and weighty. br br Hands moving move priestlier br Than priest's hands, invoke no vain br Images of light and air br But sure stations in bronze, wood, stone. br br Obdurate, in dense-grained wood, br A bald angel blocks and shapes br The flimsy light; arms folded br Watches his cumbrous world eclipse br br Inane worlds of wind and cloud. br Bronze dead dominate the floor, br Resistive, ruddy-bodied, br Dwarfing us. Our bodies flicker br br Toward extinction in those eyes br Which, without him, were beggared br Of place, time, and their bodies. br Emulous spirits make discord, br br Try entry, enter nightmares br Until his chisel bequeaths br Them life livelier than ours, br A solider repose than death's.