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The Hoofs of Pegasus

Chapter 15: TO SALARI’S MADONNA
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A collection of short lyrical poems that weave mythic and religious imagery with intimate observations of nature and interior feeling. Many pieces draw on classical figures and Renaissance art, while others reflect domestic scenes, sleep, music, and sacrament; recurrent motifs include night and light, birds, water, and ritual. Voice shifts between contemplative reverie and pastoral detail, exploring longing, faith, and creative impulse. The sequence moves through imagistic vignettes—moonlit meadows, bathing maidens, sacramental harvests, and dreams—linking private emotion to larger spiritual and mythical resonances.

TO SALARI’S MADONNA

O LITTLE Son who draweth life from me, How deep a mystery. The very source of life thou art, And yet thou liest on my heart.
O little Son, joy pierceth me. Is thus fulfilled the old man’s prophecy? Sweet, sweet thy lips! Nay, little Son, “A sword, a sword”, said Simeon.