Hoofs of Pegasus

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[Pg 53]</SPAN></span></p> <h2>ADAM ASLEEP</h2> <div class="poetry-container"><div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="bigfont">F</span>AR away I hear the voices of four rivers flowing,</span> <span class="i0">Wings in the thicket, and the four winds blowing.</span> <span class="i0">Adam sleeps in Eden. In this still place</span> <span class="i0">I lie within his circling arm and look upon his face.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">God walks in the garden when the day is cool,</span> <span class="i0">But the face of Adam is far more beautiful;</span> <span class="i0">He is like the splendour of the sun at noon,</span> <span class="i0">And the slope of his body like the white young moon.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Of what is he dreaming as he lies at rest?</span> <span class="i0">Of God in the Garden? Or Lilith’s breast?</span> <span class="i0">Adam sleeps in Eden, but down in the brake</span> <span class="i0">I watch the cool glitter of a painted snake.</span></div> </div></div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />