Works

Behold! the Tabernacle of God's Will
This woman's form enshrineth. What is this,
More glorious than all our age-long bliss,
Which shines within the shadow of her sill?...

(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,...