Hoofs of Pegasus

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</SPAN></span></p> <h2>IN OCTOBER</h2> <div class="poetry-container"><div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="bigfont">I</span>N a shower of ruddy gold</span> <span class="i0">From a thinning tree</span> <span class="i0">Jove comes down.</span> <span class="i0">Naked, brown,</span> <span class="i0">The earth lies Danae.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Still she lies with hushed breath;</span> <span class="i0">Through each dreaming clod</span> <span class="i0">Runs the fire</span> <span class="i0">Of desire,</span> <span class="i0">Passion of a god.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Danae lies in her dark tower.</span> <span class="i0">On a March hillside</span> <span class="i0">Springs the wheat—</span> <span class="i0">There the feet</span> <span class="i0">Of young Perseus stride.</span></div> </div></div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />