Oh terrible, beloved! A poet's loving br Is a restless god's passionate rage, br And chaos out into the world comes creeping, br As in the ancient fossil age. br br His eyes weep him mist by the ton, br Enveloped in tears he is mammoth-like, br Out of fashion. He knows it must not be done. br Ages have passed-he does not know why. br br He sees wedding parties all around, br Drunken unions celebrated unaware, br Common frogspawn found in every pond br Ritually adorned as precious caviare. br br Like some Watteau pearl, how cleverly br A snuffbox embraces all life's matter, br And vengeance is wreaked on him, probably br Because, where they distort and flatter, br br Where simpering comfort lies and fawns, br Where they rub idle shoulders, crawl like drones, br He will raise your sister from the ground, br Use her like a bacchante from the Grecian urns, br br And pour into his kiss the Andes' melting, br And morning in the steppe, under the sway br Of dusted stars, as night's pallid bleating br Bustles about the village on its way.