Eros

A. Lerdahl

The gilded phaloi of the crocuses

are thrusting at the spring air.

Here is there naught of dead gods

But a procession of festival,

A procession, 0 Giulio Romano,

Fit for your spirit to dwell in.

Dione, your nights are upon us.

The dew is upon the leaf.

The night about us is restless.