 | Collected poems of Herman Melville |  |
II
NEARER VIEWED
Like Lais, fairest of her kind,
In subtlety your form's defined—
The cornice curved, each shaft inclined,
While yet, to eyes that do but revel
And take the sweeping view,
Erect this seems, and that a level,
To line and plummet true.
In subtlety your form's defined—
The cornice curved, each shaft inclined,
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And take the sweeping view,
Erect this seems, and that a level,
To line and plummet true.
Spinoza gazes; and in mind
Dreams that one architect designed
Lais—and you!
Dreams that one architect designed
Lais—and you!
| Collected poems of Herman Melville | |