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Ailes d'Alouette

(Second Series): By F. W. Bourdillon

Bourdillon, Francis William (1852-1921)

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OMNIA PVRA

Lo , the maid-moon now, as a queen ashaméd,
Gathering light clouds to her like a garment,
Rideth no more an unabashed Godiva
Naked in heaven.

Nay, the thought wrongs her! there is none in Nature,
Saving Man, so dares to rebuke the Maker,
Hiding as shameful the Eternal Artist's
Exquisite artwork.