APOLLO UNTO NEPTUNE
by Alexander Search
· 8-12-1907
Published 08/12/1907
Apollo unto Neptune said:
«Come, I shall drink the sea!»
But Neptune laughed out like a lad
In his boyish jollity,
And cried: «You would drink the earth, if you could,
And infinity.»
And the poet the symbol who understood
Felt his misery.