Hoofs of Pegasus

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</SPAN></span></p> <h2>TO SALARI’S MADONNA</h2> <div class="poetry-container"><div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="bigfont">O</span> LITTLE Son who draweth life from me,</span> <span class="i0">How deep a mystery.</span> <span class="i0">The very source of life thou art,</span> <span class="i0">And yet thou liest on my heart.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">O little Son, joy pierceth me.</span> <span class="i0">Is thus fulfilled the old man’s prophecy?</span> <span class="i0">Sweet, sweet thy lips! Nay, little Son,</span> <span class="i0">“A sword, a sword”, said Simeon.</span></div> </div></div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />