Hommage

Every Dawn though stiff

clenching an obscure fist

against the azure clarions

lipped by that deaf woman

has the shepherd with the gourd

joined to a staff striking hard

the length of his future step

while the ample wellspring rises

by advancing so you live

o solitary Puvis

de Chavannes never alone

leading time to water

at a shroudless nymph

unveiled thereto by your Glory.

Stéphane Mallarmé