Works

(With a pencil sketch of an Angel by Botticelli)


Thou in whose All no work imperfect stands,
Thou who dost gaze on Beauty's unveiled face,
Grant to Thy children Thy sustaining grace,...

(From a picture by Botticelli, of the Madonna and Child with Angels,--in the Borghese Gallery)


Ineffable angel, with the jasmine wreathed,
Wherefrom the sweetness over brow and lips,...

(Suggested by a Fra Angelico Angel)


Angel of Thought, meseems God winged thee so,
And crowned thine head with passion fine as flame,
And made thy lifted face too pure for shame,...