Vision

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h2> Vision </h2> <p> (For Aline)<br/></p> <p> Homer, they tell us, was blind and could not see the beautiful faces<br/> Looking up into his own and reflecting the joy of his dream,<br/> Yet did he seem<br/> Gifted with eyes that could follow the gods to their holiest places.<br/> <br/> I have no vision of gods, not of Eros with love-arrows laden,<br/> Jupiter thundering death or of Juno his white-breasted queen,<br/> Yet have I seen<br/> All of the joy of the world in the innocent heart of a maiden.<br/></p> <p><SPAN name="link2H_4_0020" id="link2H_4_0020"> </SPAN></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />