THEGODLIKE

thegodlike

(1820)

inonegreatmanweviewwithodds

aparalleltoallthegods.

greatjove,thatshookheavenwithhisbrow,

couldnevermatchhisprincelybow.

inhimahuswebehold:

likehus,too,hene'ergrowsold.

likephoebusnext,aflaminglover;

andthenhe'smercury—allover.

avulcan,fordomesticstrife,

helamelyliveswithouthiswife.

andsure—unlessourwitsbedull—

minerva-like,whenmoonwasfull,

heissuedfrompaternalskull.