Hermione
From the Acropolis."… "You mean," said Fothergil, "from the Ægean!"…
"It is all one," said Hermione, "the point is that I see her rising!"
Then Color spoke to them…
"As that toe moves," said Ravenswood Wimble, "I see the heavens
Turned into one vast kaleidoscope… all the stars and moons
Dance through my soul like flakes of colored glass!"
Then waved the toe called Life, and as with one accord each of that company
Leapt gasping to his or her feet, as the case might be,
And cried: "I feel! I feel! I feel! I feel the Cosmic Urge!"
Then moved the toe called Italy,
And Fothergil Finch remarked: "Roses… roses… roses…
Onions and roses… roses are onions, and onions are beautiful…
Doves and pigeons… pigeons… pigeons are pigs…
And pigs are beautiful" . . .
And then the serious thinkers cried as one:
"Ah! Pigs are Beautiful!"
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