VII

Frog faces, frog lust, frog bellies in the dust,

till unexpected flame gave you another name:

( there ’s the siren wail again, May 15 ;

by the clock , near 6 , that’s 4 by the sun ):

frog faces, frog lust, frog bellies in the dust

o f t h e L a s t J u d g e m e n t D a y :

when winter-fog is gone, the frogs sit in the sun,

and now you can see strawberry - leaves

o n a cr o wn , a l i o n , a u n i c o r n :

- H.D., from Last Winter, 1950

Variation 15