Saturday, October 03, 2009

Autumn Menagerie 4: The Modern Pico at Play



"A great wonder, Asclepius, is man!"

Mercury to Asclepius, from On the Dignity of Man, Pico Della Mirandola.















Hieratic Melodies flow into his ear.

Youth, a slanted crown, sits

weightless on his brow.

He is at one with his future Kingdom.

The Modern Pico will always glide

"In the Time of Lilies...."(Sing the last line.)










2 comments:

Beysshoes said...

This darling boy looks like a new age Huck Finn.

Anonymous said...

"He ain't hucky, he's my nephew..."