On A Shield
'T IS a fair shield, and fashioned as the sky,
For Night and Day therein are compassèd;
Behold, the Pleiades that prophesy
Victory, are here, and all about is set
A girdle of pure gold shining as the Sun
Tiptoe upon the Eastern parapet:
The glories of the morning and the night.
And as the longest spears are impotent
To reach the target of the starry height
Or strike the clouds of heaven as they go by,—
Surely this shield is fashioned as the sky.
For Night and Day therein are compassèd;
Behold, the Pleiades that prophesy
Victory, are here, and all about is set
A girdle of pure gold shining as the Sun
Tiptoe upon the Eastern parapet:
The glories of the morning and the night.
And as the longest spears are impotent
To reach the target of the starry height
Or strike the clouds of heaven as they go by,—
Surely this shield is fashioned as the sky.
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